List of Case Studies
You need to know about places. In long answers it's important that you demonstrate to the examiner that you know about the place you're writing about. This is a really good way to get level 3 marks.
You should have notes on most of these case studies. There are also a range of printed resources you could use in an emergency - see me at school for these.
Note that these are the case studies I've taught my group. There are other, equally good, case studies you could use just as well.
You might find useful links to case study information on the Geography Resources page.
Tourism:
Aldeburgh
Lake District - National Park case study
Costa del Sol - general example
Costa Rica - LEDC Tourism
Coasts:
Isle of Wight - erosional landforms at the Needles (cave, arch, stack, stump)
Hurst Castle - spit case study
Glaciation:
Lake District (U shaped valleys, finger lakes etc...)
Tropical Storms:
Hurricane Ivan/Isabel/Katrina
Population:
LEDC Rising Population - Bangladesh
MEDC Ageing Population - UK
Other Population Policies - China (one child policy)
Urban:
Norwich - regeneration (Riverside), traffic (park and ride), shopping (Castle Mall)
Cambridge - Green belt, Science Park (Rural-Urban Fringe Development)
Cambourne - New Town (nr Cambridge)
LEDC Urban:
Rio de Janeiro - Rocinha (Favellas), Barra (New Town), other issues (crime, transport etc...)
Migration from NW Brazil (Caatinga)
Food and Water Supply:
Niger - food crisis 2005, bunds
Burkina Faso - water aid (NGO)
Aswan Dam (Egypt) - big projects
Earthquakes/Volcanoes:
EQ - Izmit (Turkey), Italian school
Volcano - Pinatubo
Development:
TNCs - Nike or Nescafé
Fair Trade - coffee farmers (Café Direct)
Development Strategies - e.g. bunds, Aswan Dam etc...