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ISBN / ISSN:
9781869469832
Resources and Their Use Ncea Edition : Geography Year 11 ~ Out of Print order quantity
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NZ$ 33.00 each
Paperback
Author: J.M. Hensman
Published by: Cengage Learning
CONTENTS LIST
Global Resources

Renewable and non-renewable resources

Renewable Resources: Farming in New Zealand
New Zealand's farming resources
Location of farming types in New Zealand
Resources common to farming regions
Reasons for the location of farming types
The farming system
The control of farming resources
Environmental problems
Farming as a renewable resource

Thorn Flat Station: Semi-extensive Pastoralism


Van der Heyden Dairy Farm


Osterley Mixed Farm


Cropwell Orchard
Reasons for location
The system employed
The control of resources
Environmental problems
As an example of a renewable resource



Non-Renewable Resources:
Mining in Australia and New Zealand

Mineral Resources in Australia and New Zealand
The mining system
Mineral extraction
Environmental problems
Mining as a non-renewable resource


Iron Ore Mining in Australia


Uranium Mining in Australia


Coal ... more

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9780582878310
Inequalities and Development order quantity
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NZ$ 37.00 each
Hardback
Author: Sally Brodie
Published by: Addison Wesley Longman
Inequalities and Development is an important student resource for geography, designed to cover the curriculum requirements of the Year 12 prescribed topic Inequalities in Development. The two countries studied in detail are the United States of America and Tanzania. Reference to other countries, the inclusion of world maps, and recent statistics also enable global trends in development to be demonstrated.

The many activities and case studies throughout the book allow students to think about the issues involved and to draw their own conclusions from the wealth of diagrams, tables and photographs (colour as well as black-and-white). Maps in full colour are provided for the United States and Tanzania.

Inequalities and Development has a people focus. The topics included closely follow the focusing questions of the syllabus:

what is development, and how may it be measured?
what kinds of inequalities are there between nations? ... more
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ISBN / ISSN:
9780582549494
Geography 1.4 (Skills) order quantity
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NZ$ 20.00 each
Paperback
Author: Jane Evans
Published by: Pearson Publishing
Geography 1.4 is a practical resource to help you pass Geography Achievement Standard 90205: Apply skills and ideas with direction in a geographic context.

Features - A wide range of activities, covering:

- Natural and cultural features; maps and mapping skills
- Map symbols; direction; distance; scale; grid references; measuring area
- Précis maps; contour lines; drawing a cross section; relationships and patterns; latitude and longitude
- Weather maps and choropleth maps
- Tables and graphs
- Photographs and cartoons
- Values and viewpoints
- Field sketches and research skills
- Important Geographic Ideas and Maori terms
- Practice in concise and accurate writing
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9780582547254
Geography 3.4 : Select and apply skills in a geographical context NCEA ~ order quantity
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NZ$ 20.00 each
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Author: Jane Evans & Cheryl Osborne
Published by: Addison Wesley Longman
Geography 3.4 is a practical resource to help you pass NCEA Geography Achievement Standard 90704 (3.4),
select and apply skills and ideas in a geographic context. The first part of the text builds on the geographic skills developed in Geography 1.4 and Geography 2.4; and the second part features a series of case studies that help you exercise these skills in a particular context.
Features a wide range of activities, cartoons, photographs and case studies covering:
  • Important Geographic Ideas
  • Geographic writing
  • Constructing and interpreting maps
  • Constructing graphs and tables
  • Making value judgements
  • Using diagrams
  • Analysing and interpreting data
  • Statistical mapping
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9780582542525
The Great Escape order quantity
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NZ$ 37.00 each
Paperback
Author: Bronwyn Wood
Published by: Pearson Education
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ISBN / ISSN:
9780170950220
Earth Under Pressure order quantity
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NZ$ 23.00 each
Paperback
Author: David Relph
Published by: Cengage Learning
This text looks at the main environmental issues facing us at the beginning of the 21st century. The issues considered are: the problems of population growth in poor countries; the pressure on water resources; the effects of widespread destruction of tropical rainforests; the problems of dealing with increasing wastes; and the causes and likely effects of global warming.The 25 stand-alone topics (both local and global) in this book are designed to give teachers flexibility in the selection of suitable material for their classes. Every topic includes numerous activities and links to interesting websites.
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ISBN / ISSN:
9781869468255
Natural Landscapes (Year 12 Geography) order quantity
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NZ$ 34.00 each
Paperback
Author: HENSMAN, J.M.
Published by: Cengage Learning
CONTENTS LIST

1 What is a natural landscape?
2 New Zealand's natural landscapes
3 Processes causing natural landscapes
4 New Zealand forest landscape
5 Varieties of forest landscape
6 Examples of forest landscape
7 New Zealand's forest history
Geographic Issues:
Landuse conflicts in New Zealand
Conservation or logging
8 Global tropical rainforests
9 Significance of rainforests
10 Amazon landscape
11 The Amazon Basin's natural processes
12 Traditional uses of Amazon rainforest
13 Modern uses of Amazon rainforest
14 The effects of deforestation
15 The alternatives
Geographic Issues:
Deforestation
The Greenhouse Effect
16 Colorado River Basin - a contrasting natural landscape


SKILLS FILE
Multi-bar graphs
Multi-line graphs
Scattergraphs
Percentage change calculations
Essay writing
Column graph map
Paragraph writing
Calculating square kilometres

Glossary
Index
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ISBN / ISSN:
9781869468279
Urban Settlements (Year 12 Geography) order quantity
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NZ$ 34.00 each
Paperback
Author: HENSMAN, J Mark
Published by: New House Publishers Ltd
CONTENTS LIST

1 Urban settlement
2 The beginning of urban settlement
3 Development of urban settlement in New Zealand
4 Industrialisation and urbanisation
5 Urban settlements and their surrounding areas
6 Form and function of urban settlements
7 Differences within urban settlements
8 Economic Zones
9 Social Zones
10 Urban growth and decline
11 Controlling growth in developed countries
12 Controlling growth in developing countries
13 Urban problems

SKILLS FILE
An urban transect
Isoline maps
Population pyramids
Percentage horizontal bar graphs
Percentage change calculations
Collecting and analysing field data
Paragraph writing
Choropleth mapping
Drawing positive/negative graphs

Glossary
Index
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ISBN / ISSN:
9780582718982
Places for People: Urban Settlements order quantity
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NZ$ 39.00 each
Paperback
Author: BRODIE
Published by: Addison Wesley Longman
Places for People: Urban Settlements is suitable for Year 12 Geography students, based around the focusing questions for the prescribed common topic Urban Settlements.

All of the focusing questions are applied to each of two case studies:

an urban settlement of continental importance (Singapore)
an urban settlement of national importance in New Zealand (Auckland)
as required by the curriculum document. These studies allow students to build on knowledge and ideas from the Monsoon Asia population section of School Certificate, and introduces them to the idea of planning, studied in Bursary Geography.

The book contains plenty of information on both cities, enabling students to gain a comprehensive coverage of the topic. This includes new, up-to-date maps which include all the features students and teachers will want to refer to. In addition, examples drawn from around the world illustrate important geographic ideas on a ... more
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ISBN / ISSN:
9780170131582
Development Inequalities : Year 12 - Geography order quantity
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NZ$ 34.00 each
Paperback
Author: J. Mark Hensman
Published by: Cengage Learning
CONTENTS LIST

1 People's needs
2 Development
3 Measuring development
4 Breaking the cycle
5 Differences between countries
6 Differences between countries in the South
7 Differences with developed countries - New Zealand
8 Differences with developed countries - Great Britain
9 Differences with developed countries - Brazil
10 Natural resources
11 Human resources
12 Outside pressures today
13 A development model for the future?

SKILLS FILE
Time-distance graphs
Choropleth mapping
Spearman's rank correlation coefficient
Column graph map
Triangular graphs
Quartile mapping
Essay writing
Hypothesis testing
Location quotient (LQ)
Dot distribution maps
Drawing positive/negative graphs
Proportional circle maps
Percentage change calculations
Scattergraphs (scattergrams)
Paragraph writing

Glossary
Index
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ISBN / ISSN:
9780582548190
Tongariro: A Field Guide order quantity
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NZ$ 18.00 each
Paperback
Author: Lois Anderson
Published by: Addison Wesley Longman
Field studies bring geography to life, by increasing students’ knowledge and understanding in ways they are unlikely to forget.

This book is a write-in field guide for Years 12 and 13 geographers studying the Tongariro volcanic environment for NCEA Achievement Standard 90331 (Geography 2.1) and Achievement Standard 90701 (Geography 3.1). It provides practice in geographic skills for Achievement Standard 90334 and Achievement Standard 90704 (Geography 2.4 and 3.4).

Activities are given for six different field excursions, ranging in duration from several hours to a full day. For times when the weather is bad, there are also activities based on the excellent resources in the National Park Visitor’s Centre at Whakapapa.

Follow-up activities link field activities closely to NCEA requirements.
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ISBN / ISSN:
9780582545175
Tongariro: A Volcanic Environment order quantity
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NZ$ 39.00 each
Hardback
Author: Lois Anderson
Published by: Addison Wesley Longman
This second edition of Tongariro: A Volcanic Environment has been written for Level 3 (Year 13) Geography students studying the Natural Processes topic, assessed by Achievement Standard 3.1.

It can also be used by Level 2 (Year 12) Geography students studying the Natural Landscapes topic, assessed by Achievement Standard 2.1.

The main focus is on volcanic landscapes and the interacting natural processes that created, located and shaped them in the Tongariro volcanic environment.

Also studied are:
- the internal processes responsible for the regions volcanic landforms in global, New Zealand and North Island settings
- the impact of people on natural processes and landscapes in the Tongariro setting.

The many activities spread through the text have been designed to develop an understanding of geographic concepts and ideas and to reinforce a range of geographic skills. Some extension activities could be suitable for internal ... more
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ISBN / ISSN:
9780521600064
Topographic Mapping Skills for Secondary Students order quantity
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NZ$ 64.00 each
Paperback
Author: Grant Kleeman
Published by: Cambridge University Press
The second edition of "Topographical Mapping Skills for Secondary School Students" has all the features of the successful first edition: a skills bank, full colour maps, photographs and illustrations, large, easy to use format and extensive activities and answers. This edition has new maps, photographs and illustrations, revised activities and updated statistics. Designed for geography students in years 9-12, "Topographical Mapping Skills for Secondary School Students" will guide students towards a comprehensive understanding of topographical mapping skills.
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ISBN / ISSN:
9781869469719
Natural Processes - 2nd Edition order quantity
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NZ$ 39.50 each
Paperback
Author: J.M. Hensman
Published by: Cengage Learning
CONTENTS LIST
Introduction
Geographic environment
Natural processes
Guidelines for studying a geographic environment
Orakei Basin
Volcanic Processes
Fluvial Processes
Coastal Processes
Elements and interactions
Process operation
Process interaction
Spatial variations
Distribution of features
Human modifications
Issues in geography
Geographic decision-making
Fieldwork activities
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ISBN / ISSN:
9780582544956
Coastal Processes: NCEA Level 3 Geography order quantity
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NZ$ 39.00 each
Paperback
Author: S Beguely
Published by: Addison Wesley Longman
Coastal Processes provides a long-awaited update for teachers and students using beaches and coasts as their natural environment in fulfi lling the requirements of the Level 3 NCEA Achievement Standard 3.1/90701: Analyse a geographic environment, focusing on the interacting natural processes.

It will help students gain a comprehensive and thoroughly geographical understanding of the natural and human processes at work at the interface of land and sea. A highly accessible text for all Level 3 Geography students, it also contains extension material by way of stimulus and further direction for research for those students aiming at Excellence (Level 3), and for Level 4 scholarship candidates.

The activities in Coastal Processes have been designed to guide students to a thorough understanding of the processes, phenomena and elements of coastal landscapes. Its glossary and index will support their learning and application of the ... more
 
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