Field Studies Checklist: WJEC

Syllabus		WJEC GG1/2

Tectonics
	Extrusive landforms	X
	Tectonic Hazards	X
	Tectonic processes and landforms	X

Drainage basins	Channel characteristics	X
	Drainage basin management	X
	Effects of human activity on fluvial processes	X
	Factors that influence the passage of water	X
	Flash flooding case study	X
	Flood hazard and management	X
	Flood plain features	X
	Fluvial processes and landforms	X
	Rainfall-discharge relationships	X

Small scale ecosystems	Forest microclimates	X
	Sand dune vegetation succession	X
	Plagioclimax	X

Soils
Soils	Brown earths, gleys, rendzinas and terra rossas	X

Aspects of rural change	Contrasting experiences of semi-rural and extreme rural areas	X
	Managing rural environments	X
	Rural depopulation	X
	Sustainable rural development	X

Changing urban environments	City planning and development issues	X
	Managing urban environments	X
	Patterns of urban land use	X
	Re-urbanisation	X
	Spatial segregation	X
	Sustainable city management	X
	Urban change and environmental problems	X
	Urban-rural migration, suburbanisation and counterurbanisation	X

Syllabus		WJEC GG4

Dynamic equilibrium	Modification of glacial landscapes	X

Human impacts on the natural environment	Skiing impacts in glacial areas	X
	Flash flooding case study	X
	Coastal management case study	X
	Management strategies	X

Climatic hazards	Flash flood hazard management	X

Regional inequalities	Rural depopulation	X
Regional inequalities	Rural development strategies	X

Industry	Industrial change and de-industrialisation	X
	High-Tech industry growth poles	X
	Redevelopment of old manufacturing sites	X
	Sustainable management	X
	The impact of TNCs	X

Tourism	Intra-national tourism and recreation	X
	National Park management	X
	Sustainable tourist development	X
	Tourist pressures on coastal environments	X

Syllabus		WJEC GG5

Water Supply
Water Supply	Effects of Spain's National Water Plan	X