Introduction

CHAPTER 1: Systems and feedback
1 The systems approach
2 Equilibria and feedback
3 Evaluating the issue

CHAPTER 2: Water cycle dynamics
1 The global water cycle and its stores
2 Local drainage basin dynamics
3 Urbanisation and the hydrological cycle
4 River hydrographs and river regimes
5 Evaluating the issue

CHAPTER 3: Water security and sustainable water management
1 The water budget and water deficits
2 Drought, aridity, water scarcity and water insecurity
3 Patterns and trends in water availability and consumption
4 Water challenges and sustainable solutions
5 Evaluating the issue

CHAPTER 4: Carbon cycle dynamics
1 The global carbon cycle and its stores
2 Carbon flows and processes
3 Carbon cycling at the local scale
4 Evaluating the issue

CHAPTER 5: Fossil fuel use and the implications of climate change
1 Energy security and fossil fuel use trends and patterns
2 Anthropogenic and natural climate change
3 Implications of climate change for physical systems and life on Earth
4 Evaluating the issue

CHAPTER 6: Climate change mitigation and adaptation
1 The decarbonisation of economic activity and renewable energy
2 Carbon capture and storage
3 Climate change adaption and resilience
4 Evaluating the issue: to what extent is a warmer world inevitable?

CHAPTER 7: Carbon and water cycle interrelationships
1 Investigating local-scale carbon and water interrelationships
2 Amazonian carbon and water cycles: connections and changes
3 Investigating the Arctic tundra

CHAPTER 8: AQA A-level geography: Water and carbon cycles
1 Edexcel A-level geography: Physical systems and sustainability
2 OCR A-level geography: Earth’s life support systems
3 WJEC and Eduqas A-level geography: Global systems (water and carbon cycles)

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