AS Unit F761: Managing Physical Environments

COLD ENVIRONMENTS

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Core Content and Case studies

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Keywords

http://www.geography-site.co.uk/pages/revision/ice.html

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Part 1: What processes and factors give cold environments their distinctive characteristics?

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Cold climates

http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/topics/climatezones.html

http://www.scribd.com/doc/78568200/Cold-Climate-Factfile

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Processes in glacial environments

http://www.s-cool.co.uk/gcse/geography/glaciers/revise-it/glacial-processes

http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/10ae.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM3x6_vb8_s

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Processes and landforms in periglacial environments

http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/10ag.html

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Glacial erosional landforms

http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/10af.html

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Glacial depositional landforms

http://www.geography-site.co.uk/pages/physical/glaciers/deposit.html

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Part 2: Why are cold environments considered to be ‘fragile'?

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Cold environment ecosystems

http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/tundra.htm

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Cold environment soils and nutrient cycling

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/418612/North-America/41450/Grassland-desert-and-tundra-soils

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Part 3: What are the issues associated with the development of cold environments?

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Managing resource exploitation in cold environments

Trans-Alaskan pipeline - http://www.alyeska-pipe.com/Default.asp

ANWR - http://www.anwr.org/

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Siberian oil crisis

http://www.helsinki.fi/~lauhakan/whale/decay/pechora.html

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Part 4: How can cold environments be managed to ensure sustainability?

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Managing tourism in cold environments

Antarctica

http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/

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The Alps

http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/where_we_work/alps/area/problems/tourism/

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Cairngorms

http://www.cairngorms.co.uk/

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