A2 AQA Geography GEOG 3 2016

you'll be fine then; did you do the climate essay by any chance

that world cities 10 marker as the only regeneration case studies I was taught were both in inner city areas :/
Didn't think they were supposed to specify what case studies to do
I don't think it was on retailing as otherwise it should have said as the Bullring is the only city centre I was taught but pretty sure they'd specify if it was retailing & since that was the question last year a lot wouldn't think it'll be the same thing again so most likely wrote about a different case study.
I think this years paper was harder than last years though - well for the topics I did and I think (hopefully) the grade boundaries will be lower as I aim aiming for an A* but that 10 marker may ruin things

To be honest, I don't specifically think mentioning retail will matter. I included retail in the form of Arnndale centre in the city centre of Manchester however, I also included other aspects of 'measures' (whatever that means) such as tram links built in 1992. What did you write then?


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I wrote about partnership scheme in new islington which is an inner city area, my only other choice was Hulme - another inner city area
Retailing didn't even cross my mind as I thought it should be clear what they wanted - was a far too ambiguous question and if I get 0 marks will be a massive chunk off as I know my 40 marker or 7 markers weren't so strong

Sorry to hear! Which other topics did you do? I did the ecosystems 25 mark section and the tectonics 40 mark essay


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Do you think I've done it wrong too? Ah gosh, I was hoping for an A* in geography. That'll be gone if I get 0 for that question.


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Honestly I just don't know. Sounds like I'm in the same boat as you I need an A* and my university hopes will be gone if I've got 0 on that ridiculous question

ehhhhhh I see what you did there!!

nah it wasn't that bad but it wasn't that great either - I didn't do my fav topic (hazards) which was a bit weird for me really bc I always do that ahaha

how did you get on with it??

Because london doclands is not a city centre

Really worried I did the world cities 40 marker but I couldn't think of any cities which are completely unsustainable because most are trying to fix the problem
I wrote;
- Lots on Curitiba but focused a lot on Jamie Lerner's philosophy that sustainability can always be achieved, mainly used transport and waste
- London as trying to make way to become more sustainable and then Bedzed which should be an example
- Mumbai and their sustainable waste but the exploitation of the poor
- energy in the UK aiming to become like Iceland and Denmark

Do you think I'll be okay because it's not really balanced. I concluded saying that sustainability can only be achieved if we have a definition of when sustainability can ever be reached because there are always new ways to become even more sustainable.

So worried about this now

Honestly I just don't know. Sounds like I'm in the same boat as you I need an A* and my university hopes will be gone if I've got 0 on that ridiculous question

This is the same for me I need an A* in one subject and I was counting on it being in geography but if I get 0 for that one question then this is looking very unlikely. My geography teacher is also my school's exam officer so I'll email her to see what she thinks about the question. If she then contacted AQA it would have more clout than us emailing them but at this stage I highly doubt the exam board would alter the mark scheme or anything like that. Just have to wait and see I suppose


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What did people comment about the table for the first World Cities question!!???

the questions weren't too bad I did the hazards 25 mark, world cities 25 mark and the conflict essay wbu

I was the same I wrote about London thanes gateway because that was the case study given for regeneration but now I'm worried it's not a 'city centre', how do you weite to Aqua about it?

I recall talking about how the percentage of recycling has increased, landfill has decreased, total disposal has increased (I included figures from the table.) I then gave reasons for the decreases e.g. Landfill sites running out of space, the government proposed in 2006 that there was only 9 years left of landfill space. Also, people are becoming more savvy regarding climate change and so looking for alternatives to landfill e.g. Recycling (which explains why it increased) - I kind of just done this and explained each increase or decrease. How about you?


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