IB Geography Study Guide: Oxford IB Diploma Programme

• Option A Freshwater - Drainage basins 1: Drainage basin hydrology and geomorphology 2: Flooding and flood mitigation 3: Water scarcity and water quality 4: Water management futures Option B Oceans and coastal margins 1: Ocean-atmosphere interactions 2: Interactions between oceans and the coastal places 3: Managing coastal margins 4: Ocean management futures Option C Extreme environments 1: The characteristics of extreme environments 2: Physical processes and landscapes 3: Managing extreme environments 4: Extreme environments' futures Option D Geophysical hazards 1: Geophysical systems 2: Geophysical hazard risks 3: Hazard risk and vulnerability 4: Future resilience and adaptation Option E Leisure, tourism and sport 1: Changing leisure patterns 2: Tourism and sport at the local and national scale 3: Tourism and sport at the international scale 4: Managing tourism and sport for the future Option F The geography of food and health 1: Measuring food and health 2: Food systems and the spread of disease 3: Stakeholders in food and health 4: Future health and food security sustainability Option G Urban environments 1: The variety of urban environments 2: Changing urban systems 3: Urban environmental and social stresses 4: Building sustainable urban systems for the future Unit 1 Changing population 1: Population and economic development patterns 2: Changing populations and places 3: Challenges and opportunities Unit 2 Global climate - vulnerability and resilience 1: The causes of global climate change 2: The consequences of global climate change 3: Responding to climate change Unit 3 Global resource consumption and security 1: Global trends in consumption 2: Impacts of changing trends in resource consumption 3: Resource stewardship Unit 4 Power, places and networks 1: Global interactions and global power 2: Global networks and flows 3: Human and physical influences on global interactions Unit 5 Human development and diversity 1: Development opportunities 2: Changing identities and cultures 3: Local responses to global interactions Unit 6 Global risks and resilience 1: Geopolitical and economic risks 2: Environmental risks 3: Local and global resilience

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