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Solar energy is most concentrated near the Equator. Warm air expands and rises there, producing the equatorial low-pressure belt that forms the rising limb of the Hadley cells.
Colonial economies often concentrated ownership and infrastructure around resource extraction and ports. These inherited patterns can shape institutions, regional inequality and trade dependence after independence.
Expanding formal and informal economies can provide livelihoods, while land, affordable housing, water, sanitation and transport fail to keep pace. Opportunity and deprivation can therefore coexist.
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Solar energy is most concentrated near the Equator. Warm air expands and rises there, producing the equatorial low-pressure belt that forms the rising limb of the Hadley cells.
Correct answer: Extractive institutions and transport networks may have served exports rather than broad local development.
Colonial economies often concentrated ownership and infrastructure around resource extraction and ports. These inherited patterns can shape institutions, regional inequality and trade dependence after independence.
Correct answer: Job creation attracts migrants, but housing and infrastructure may expand more slowly than population.
Expanding formal and informal economies can provide livelihoods, while land, affordable housing, water, sanitation and transport fail to keep pace. Opportunity and deprivation can therefore coexist.
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Both events caused severe impacts despite warnings. Katrina exposed defence and evacuation failures, while Haiyan overwhelmed vulnerable coastal communities; preparation, exposure, poverty and emergency capacity all affected outcomes.
Watch for: Do not list causes, effects or strategies for Hazardous Earth without linking them. Use located evidence and make the final judgement answer the command word.
India occupies a central Indian Ocean position with major ports, international air routes and extensive digital connectivity. These links support trade, services and regional influence, although connectivity varies within the country.
Watch for: Do not list causes, effects or strategies for Development dynamics without linking them. Use located evidence and make the final judgement answer the command word.
The mapped zones are consistent with a high-value core, older inner areas and expansion along accessible routes. A satellite image supports spatial interpretation but does not by itself prove household wellbeing.
Watch for: Do not list causes, effects or strategies for Challenges of an urbanising world without linking them. Use located evidence and make the final judgement answer the command word.
Limited budgets and differing land values produce choices about where to defend. Groynes and other structures may preserve one beach while reducing sediment farther along the coast, so stakeholders experience different costs and benefits.
Watch for: Do not list causes, effects or strategies for The UK's evolving physical landscape without linking them. Use located evidence and make the final judgement answer the command word.
Migration changes population structure, culture and labour supply, but inequality reflects interacting housing, education, employment, health and environmental conditions. Borough averages can also conceal smaller-area differences.
Watch for: Do not list causes, effects or strategies for The UK's evolving human landscape without linking them. Use located evidence and make the final judgement answer the command word.
Census variables can place a small field sample in a broader context and reveal spatial patterns. Students must still consider scale, date, averaging and whether the selected variables represent deprivation.
Watch for: Do not list causes, effects or strategies for Geographical investigations without linking them. Use located evidence and make the final judgement answer the command word.
Malthus emphasised the risk of population outpacing resources, whereas Boserup stressed innovation under pressure. Projections are conditional and food security also depends on access, waste and distribution.
Watch for: Do not list causes, effects or strategies for People and the biosphere without linking them. Use located evidence and make the final judgement answer the command word.
CITES is an international agreement controlling trade that threatens species. REDD and REDD+ seek financial incentives for reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation, with broader conservation safeguards in REDD+.
Watch for: Do not list causes, effects or strategies for Forests under threat without linking them. Use located evidence and make the final judgement answer the command word.
HEP can provide dispatchable renewable power and development benefits, but output depends on flow and reservoirs redistribute land, livelihoods and ecological effects. Evidence on alternatives and mitigation is required.
Watch for: Do not list causes, effects or strategies for Consuming energy resources without linking them. Use located evidence and make the final judgement answer the command word.
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Pearson Edexcel · Geography B · GCSE · Geography · 1GB0
Issue 4, September 2025; first assessment 2026
Source checked: 2026-08-28. The current official specification controls assessment requirements and option choices.
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