Planet Geography Books
Our Planet’s Freshwater is one of seven Planet Geography Monographs, each of which covers one option of the Standard Level and Higher Level Options for IBDP Geography Paper 1. The book contains 124 pages in full colour, 17.2cm x 24.5cm, with 4 chapters that mirror the structure of the syllabus. The same content is also available as chapters 1 to 4 in Our Dynamic Planet. View sample pages from the books here.
Chapter 1 of Our Planet’s Freshwater is ‘Drainage basin hydrology and geomorphology’. It comprises 26 pages divided into the following sections:
• A systems approach to drainage basins
• River discharge
• River processes and landforms
• Case study of the forming of a large waterfall, Victoria Falls,on the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia
Chapter 2 of Our Planet’s Freshwater is ‘Flooding and flood mitigation’. It comprises 20 pages divided into the following sections:
• Hydrographs
• Human actions and flooding
• Flood prediction
• Flood mitigation
• Case study of flood mitigation in the Nile Basin
• Case study of flood mitigation in the Lower Rhine Basin
Chapter 3 of Our Planet’s Freshwater is ‘Water scarcity and water quality’. It comprises 39 pages divided into the following sections:
• Water scarcity
• Environmental consequences of agricultural activity
• Case study of the impact of agricultural activities on the Colorado River
• Case study of the impact of irrigation for rice farming in Bali
• Pressure on lakes and aquifers
• Case study of human pressure on a large lake - the Aral Sea
• Internationally shared water resources
•Case study of water conflict in the Euphrates River basin
Chapter 4 of Our Planet’s Freshwater is ‘Water management futures’. It comprises 34 pages divided into the following sections:
• Improving water management
• Dams for multi-purpose water schemes
• Case study of the Three Gorges Dam project
• Integrated drainage basin management
• Case study of the Broadland Rivers Catchment Plan
• Pressures on wetlands (including Ramsar)
• Case study of the Florida Everglades
1st edition
2017
2nd edition
2021