Our Changing Planet covers all parts of the Standard Level and Higher Level Core for IBDP Geography Paper 2. The book contains 336 pages in full colour, 17.2cm x 24.5cm, with 9 chapters that mirror the structure of the syllabus.
Chapter 1 is ‘Patterns of population and economic development’. It comprises 48 pages divided into three sections:
• Population distribution
• Economic Development
• Comparative case studies of population and economic development in Papua New Guinea and China
Chapter 2 is ‘Changing populations and places’. It comprises 48 pages divided into seven sections:
• Population change
• Comparative case studies of population change in Cambodia and Russia
• Megacity growth
• A case study of Shenzhen, China
• Forced migration and internal displacement
• A case study of forced migration from Syria to Turkey to flee political conflict
• A case study of forced migration in Niger to flee environmental problems
Chapter 3 is ‘Challenges and opportunities’. It comprises 28 pages divided into four sections:
• Population trends
• Population Policies
• The demographic dividend
• A case study of the demographic dividend in Vietnam
Chapter 4 is ‘Causes of global climate change’. It comprises 23 pages divided into three sections:
• The atmospheric system
• The natural greenhouse effect
• The enhanced greenhouse effect
Chapter 5 is ‘Consequences of global climate change’. It comprises 32 pages divided into two large sections:
• Consequences of global climate change
• Impacts of climate change
Chapter 6 is ‘Responding to climate change’. It comprises 44 pages divided into five sections:
• Climate change risk and vulnerability
• Contrasting case studies of the responses to climate change in Kiribati and Turkmenistan
• Government-led adaptation and mitigation
• Civil society and corporate strategies to address climate change
• Case study of a civil society response by providing biogas to farming villages in Guizhou, China
Chapter 7 is ‘Global trends in consumption’. It comprises 42 pages divided into three large sections:
• Poverty reduction and the new global middle class
• Trends in resource consumption
• Global patterns and trends
Chapter 8 is ‘Impacts of changing trends in resource consumption’. It comprises 30 pages divided into four sections:
• The water-energy-food nexus
• The implications of climate change for the water-energy-food nexus
• Comparative case studies of the water-energy-food nexus in Albania and Kyrgyzstan
• The disposal and recycling of consumer wastes
Chapter 9 is ‘Resource stewardship’. It comprises 48 pages divided into four sections:
• Divergent thinking about population and resource consumption
