HKDSE Geography

Table of Contents /Objectives/ Living with our physical environment M1: Opportunities and Risks – Is it rational to live in hazard-prone areas? M2a: Managing Rivers and Coastal Environments I – A continuing challenge (Rivers) M2b: Managing Rivers and Coastal Environments II – A continuing challenge (Coasts) Facing changes in the human environment M3: Changing Industrial Location – How and why does it change over space and time? M4: Building a Sustainable City – Are environmental conservation and urban development mutually exclusive? Confronting global challenges M5: Combating Famine – Is technology a panacea for food shortage? M6: Disappearing Green Canopy – Who should pay for the massive deforestation inrainforest regions? M7: Global Warming – Is it fact or fiction? Elective modules E1: Dynamic Earth: the building of Hong Kong E2: Weather and Climate E3: Transport Development, Planning and Management E4: Regional Study of Zhujiang (Pearl River) Delta Full Table of Contents Standard examinations Geography 25%