The Digital Geographical Magazine

AS and A Level

Issue 6

Datblygiad yn Ghana

Adaptation of Development in Ghana by Kay Chapman and Bob Digby, Geography Review.

This article explores some challenges faced by Ghana today, and considers whether debt relief can help in developing the country.

Unit and Key Questions

2009 & 2010: G3A Theme 4 – Development

KQ 1.1 What is development and what is the development gap?

KQ 1.5 What hinders the closing of the development gap?

KQ 1.6 What types of strategies exist for reducing the development gap and how effective are these strategies?

Ddylen ni encilio?

Adaptation of Should we beat a retreat? by Michael Raw, Managing Coasts, Cross Academe, 2010/2011 edition.

Article that questions whether the abandonment of some stretches of Britain's coastline to the sea is really such a bad thing.

Unit and Key Questions

2009 & 2010: G3A Theme 2(b) – Coastal landforms and their management

KQ 1.5 Why do coastal environments need to be managed?

KQ 1.6 What are the methods used to manage coastal environments and how successful are these strategies?

Effeithiau twf China ac India

Adaptation of Impacts of the growth of China and India by Dr Emma Mawdsley, Geography Review, April 2010.

The development of these countries is of major significance for the future of the global South and the article foresees a dramatic change in the balance of economic and political power over the next century.

Unit and Key Questions

2009 & 2010: G3A Theme 5 – Globalisation

KQ 1.4 Who wins from the global shift and globalisation?

G3A Theme 6 – Emerging Asia

KQ 1.2 Why and how is the economy changing?

KQ 1.5 What are the effects on China/India?