Hot Deserts (AQA GCSE Geography)

To what extent is human activity the cause of desertification in areas on the fringes of hot deserts?

Study Figure 9 

Figure 9 – Hot desert environment

Discuss the challenges and opportunities for development in a hot desert environment 

Use Figure 9 and a case study.

Assess the importance of inaccessibility and extreme temperatures as challenges to development in hot desert environments            

Use a case study and your own understanding.

Study Figure 1, which shows the distribution of deserts 

Describe the distribution of hot deserts

Figure 1

Study Figure 1, this shows causes of desertification

Using Figure 1 and your own understanding explain how population growth can lead to desertification

Figure 1 

Study Figure 1, this shows afforestation in the Thar Desert

Using Figure 1 and your own understanding explain other methods which are used to reduce or halt desertification

Figure 1