Cambridge AS & A Level Geography
12.2Pollution and environmental degradation in rural areas
Pollution and environmental degradation in rural areas in Cambridge AS & A Level Geography: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Learning objectives
What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.
- 12.2.1Explain how mining and quarrying, agriculture and large infrastructure projects cause pollution and degradation.
- 12.2.2Evaluate sustainable practices in extraction and agriculture, monitoring and legislation.
- 12.2.3Evaluate a detailed specific example of environmental degradation in one rural area.
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Environmental degradation: soils, land and rural environments
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