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Ap Human Geography Essay

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My strong interest in human geography stemmed from studying the subject from GCSE to A – level, I have gained a deeper understanding of global issues such as climate change, migration and extreme sex ratios and how these issues have social, economic, environmental and political impacts which can vary from a regional to international scale.
I have witnessed some of these impacts first hand relating to climate change, I visit the French Alps on an annual basis and each year I see the increasing effect of climate change with increasing snow melt and accelerating glacier retreat. ___________________________________________________________________________
I would relish the opportunity to study geographical concepts and theories and then conduct fieldwork where these theories can be tested, evaluated and analysed. I recently carried out an investigation based upon the differing levels of rurality of settlements with increasing distance from the Central Business District, initially based upon Cloke’s index of rurality. I like to research the hypothesises of others like Cloke but partaking in fieldwork where I can prove or disprove theories and …show more content…

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