Powerful Geography 2: Case Studies for Senior Students

Contemporary case studies for each Year 12 Content Focus Area, GEOstories and Visualise This covers essential content knowledge, concepts, tools, and skills to support teaching the NESA Stage 6 (11-12) Geography Syllabus (2022). The team of authors for Powerful Geography 2 are excited about the new and extensively researched case studies they have created and the supporting illustrative materials.

Powerful Geography 2 is based on three key ideas:

Powerful processes change the world.

Geograghy embodies powerful knowledge in that it develops ways of thinking that lead to deep knowledge and the ability to better explain and analyse contemporary issues. This in turn can empower a capacity to act ata range of scales, often beyond one's own personal experience.

Conceptual understanding, stories and case studies beyond the scope of a traditional textbook have the power to inspire students by supplementing other resources and stimulate them to take action. 

Written by experienced senior geography teachers Powerful Geography 2 contains:

• TWELVE Visualise This (Illustrated concept explainers) to assist student understanding
• SEVEN GEOstories to inspire and promote thinking
• TEN contemporary in-depth case studies
• Scaffolded student activities - Core, Application and Extension incorporating geographical tools and skills and geographical inquiry.

Table of Contents

Section 01: Global sustainability

• Chapter 01: GEOstories
  
  • 1.1 Avocados: 'Green gold' or ecological disaster?
  • 1.2 Benefit-sharing: A long road to success
• Chapter 02: The banana industry
• Chapter 03: Salmon aquaculture
• Chapter 04: The global fashion industry [Digital resource]
• Visualise This
  
  • Visualise This 1: Criteria for evaluating sustainability
  • Visualise This 2: Four pillars of sustainability
  • Visualise This 3: A circular economy
  • Visualise This 4: UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Visualise This 5: Benefit-sharing

Section 02: Ecosystems and global biodiversity

• Chapter 05: GEOstories
  
  • 5.1 Jewel of the Kalahari: The Okvango Delta
  • 5.2 Two communities: Traditional ecological knowledge
• Chapter 06: The Great Southern Reef: A kelp forest ecosystem
• Chapter 07: The Coral Triangle: A coral reef ecosystem
• Chapter 08: Florida Everglades: A wetland ecosystem
• Chapter 09: Kosciusko National Park: An alpine ecosystem
• Visualise This
  
  • Visualise This 6: Traditional ecological knowledge
  • Visualise This 7: Feedback loops
  • Visualise This 8: Tipping points
  • Visualise This 9: Shifting baseline syndrome
  • Visualise This 10: Rewilding

Section 03: Rural and urban places

• Chapter 10: GEOstories
  • 10.1 Green and buzzing: Sustainability strategies in Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • 10.2 A brighter future: Empowering the remote community of Marlinja
  • 10.3 Managing urban salinity in Wagga Wagga
• Chapter 11: Bellingen: A unique rural place
• Chapter 12: Green Square: A unique urban place
• Chapter 13: Singapore: A unique city
• Visualise This
  • Visualise This 11: Urban settlement patterns
  • Visualise This 12: Urban hierarchy and sphere of influence

Glossary 
Acknowledgements 
Index