A2 aqa geography june 2011 official thread

Im wondering, for the tectonics essay, when i write about my case studies, can i basically write out all about one case study and then write out another and then compare them both? Or is it better and id get more marks for integrating the two and comparing key facts between them as i go through talking about them?

The question at hand will determine my success. Some areas are as dodgy as hell and some I'm OK on. I suppose it's the same like any other exam, but the scary thing is they are huge essays which we've never had in geography before without mini questions.

Does ANYONE here get the heat budget stuff? T_T

Hi guys, it looks like from reading past post that urbanisation is quite likely to come up? i only have a case study on mumbai, do u think thats enough?also if a question is set on this can you talk about past urbanisation that took place in western cities like manchester ect? cheers

I know what you mean, I mean the last time I did an essay for an exam was GCSE english! haha

man I am dreading this paper, I want it to be over and done with now!
Didn't get a lot of sleep cause I was worrying :/

Just gotta go over succession and tropical storms and then I give up because I'll end up stressing out too much

good luck everyone

yeah i do. On the lowdown just try to think of the system as a series of inputs and outputs of energy, and how that energy is radiated, absorbed and reflected by certain factors within atmosphere and on earth. Insolation is the short wavelength input energy into the system from the sun, and once the earth absorbs it and re-emits it, its long wave radiation.

Edit: Also the idea that theoretically the areas of low latitude near the equator that are nearer to the sun will become hotter due to more concentrated radiation over a smaller area of land. Whilst theoretically its thought that the poles with high latitude would just get colder and colder as its further away from the sun with quite less concentrated rays over a larger area of earth. This is not the case as you know, so air must circulate around, adressing the energy deficit between both areas!

anyone help me with mumbai???

I know what you mean, I mean the last time I did an essay for an exam was GCSE english! haha

man I am dreading this paper, I want it to be over and done with now!
Didn't get a lot of sleep cause I was worrying :/

Just gotta go over succession and tropical storms and then I give up because I'll end up stressing out too much

good luck everyone

actually dying of nervousness right now for this exam.... omg

It's OK keep cool x

I get that bit but in the text book, there's all this stuff about scattering, absorption....90% absorbed by clouds....80% by ice...shouldnt it be reflected?

Someone provided their notes last night, not sure how to upload and can't find the post so will just copy and paste (so not my notes):

Case Study: Dharavi, Mumbai, India (Urbanisation LEDC)

Background:
? Not capital city, but it is the biggest with a population of 14,500,000
? India’s financial centre, a major port and home of ‘Bollywood’ movie industry
? Typical fast growing city which it can’t cope with from migration and population growth
? Used to be small place full of fishing villages and encouraged development, but failed
? British colonial peoples set it all up and when they left, the place had a boom in development
? Becoming a world city
? Now heavily overcrowded, drawing in people from all over India who are uneducated and unskilled, this has led to cheap suburbs being created, transport overcrowding and slums being made at the outskirts of the city for the poorest of the poor
? One partially successful attempt for control was to move the money making centres to Navi Mumbai to the east, but it still left a lot of people in Mumbai and hasn’t stopped growing, with the main concern being Dharavi

The Problem:
? Most likely the biggest slum in Asia with 600,000 people
? Makes around $40 million a year but takes up the area which rich Mumbai should be moving to as the city grows with valuable land
? Dharavi lies across a narrow part of the peninsula and can’t move, causing conflict between the developers and residents.

The Solution:
? Governments of Mumbai etc. want to destroy the housing in stages, giving temporary accommodation, make proper housing and seven storey buildings, then re-enter the population if they have been living there since 1995, therefore they can use more of the expensive land
? The rest of the land will be sold or made into an open market
? BUT they need the agreement of the majority of Dharavi population for the go-ahead, which some residents worry that once it does finally go ahead, that some of their land will go even more to business through dirty tactics, reducing the size for a population there.