Int 2

Industry

Below is a list of industry revision sites:

http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/topics/industrytheory.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/economic/industryrev1.shtml

Watch the moviemaker below and try the exercise.

Rural Land Degradation

Below is a list of useful websites for the rural land degradation unit. There are case study sites for the Amazon rainforest and the Sahel region of Africa. There are also general information sites on desertification and deforestation. Remember when you are using the websites to look for the 3 C’s – Causes, Consequences and Cures.

Websites – Deforestation Information

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deforestation

http://www.bcb.uwc.ac.za/Envfacts/facts/deforestation.html

http://eobglossary.gsfc.nasa.gov/Library/Deforestation/index.html

http://www.mongabay.com/brazil.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/ecosystems/ecosystemsrainforestrev1.shtml

http://photos.mongabay.com/07/2007_amazon_fires-568.jpg

Amazon Rainforest – case studies

http://library.thinkquest.org/26993/amazon.htm

http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/amazon.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Rainforest

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/ecosystems/ecosystemsrainforestrev6.shtml