Summary:
GCSE Geography in Focus is a major new one-volume course book for GCSE Geography. It provides clear and systematic coverage of all issues-based GCSE Geography specifications through a stimulating enquiry-led approach.

It covers the core content of all the major Geography specifications through lucid explanation and carefully chosen in-depth and topical case studies.

Throughout the course, questions, activities and tasks are provided to:

- develop students' ability to think geographically - to see patterns, make connections and explain concepts
- deepen students' understanding of the content
- improve students' geographical skills, thinking skills and key skills
- encourage students to become more independent learners
- support exam preparation by focusing on ways to compile revision notes and suggesting how to use case study knowledge more strategically when answering examination questions.

This book won the GA Silver Award for outstanding secondary material and is an ideal companion to GCSE courses from all boards. It brings fresh teaching ideas to traditional content areas, as well as intriguing new case studies and topics and a range of tasks unparalleled in any other GCSE Geography textbook.

Table of Contents:
Use your case study
People and environment
1 ECOSYSTEMS AND FRAGILE ENVIRONMENTS
Why do we need to protect the environment?
1.1 Why do we need to understand systems?
1.2 How can we manage fragile environments in the UK?
1.3 Is the global environment under threat?
2 NATURAL HAZARDS
How do natural disasters affect our lives?
2.1 Why do LEDCs suffer more than MEDCs from tropical storms?
2.2 What are the causes and effects of flooding?
2.3 How do plate movements cause hazards?
3 PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
Should we try to stop environmental change or simply go with the flow?
3.1 What affects our weather and climate?
3.2 Drainage basins and river landforms - does nature know best?
3.3 Can we manage our scarce water resources?
3.4 How does glaciation affect us today?
3.5 Should we defend our crumbling coastlines?
4 POPULATION
Why is population changing?
4.1 How does population change?
4.2 What are the causes of migration?
5 SETTLEMENT
How can we manage our cities?
5.1 How do settlements develop?
5.2 What causes urbanisation?
5.3 How is city structure changing?
5.4 How do people decide where to live?
5.5 Improving the urban environment
6 ECONOMY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
How do our economic activities interact with the environment?
6.1 What is the future for farming?
6.2 Is our use of energy resources sustainable?
6.3 Can we meet the challenge of industrial change?
6.4 What is the future of work in the 21st century?
7 QUALITY OF LIFE AND DEVELOPMENT
How can we get rid of poverty?
7.1 What is quality of life?
7.2 How are global patterns of development changing/
7.3 Jamaica - a case study of development
7.4 Tourism - towards a sustainable future?

About the Author(s):
John Widdowson is the author of Earthworks, a leading Geography course for Key Stage 3, and was an advisory teacher in the London Borough of Newham. John Smith is Chief Examiner for a major examining group and is the author of a series of Geography GCSE revision guides. Roger Knill is Head of Geography at Heaton Manor School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

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