Edexcel GCSE Geography A Paper 2: The Human Environment June 2025 question paper 1GA0/02

Identify the correct definition for the term de-centralisation.

Study Figure 1a below.

Percentage (%) of the

Percentage (%) distribution of the world’s urban population by area

Complete Figure 1a by plotting the data in the table below.

Identify the area with the largest decrease in percentage between 1950 and 2015.

Calculate the range of the 2050 (predicted) percentage distribution shown in Figure 1a.

Compare the trend for Asia with the trend for America (North and South).

You must use data from Figure 1a in your answer.

The population of cities in developing/emerging countries is growing due to natural increase and migration.

State two reasons for migration to cities in developing/emerging countries.

Explain two reasons why the rate of natural population increase is high in many cities in developing/emerging countries.

Study Figure 1b in the Resource Booklet.

Suggest one way transport strategies can make urban living more sustainable.

You must use evidence from Figure 1b in your answer.

Study Figure 1c in the Resource Booklet.

In June 2023, permission was given for the development of 39 affordable homes in Stirchley, a suburb of Birmingham.

Identify the distance from the affordable housing development in 054811 to the school building in 066814.

Identify the number of railway stations in Figure 1c.

The housing development will be close to schools and railway stations.

Suggest one other reason why this is a good location for the development.

You must use evidence from Figure 1c in your answer.

You have studied a major city in a developing/emerging country that has experienced rapid growth.

State two facts about the location of this city.

Named city

Evaluate the view that the rapid growth of this city has created more problems than benefits.

Identify one economic activity in the quaternary sector.

Describe one index used to measure political corruption.

Study Figure 2a in the Resource Booklet.

Calculate the median value for GDP per capita shown in Figure 2a.

Suggest two ways that physical factors might have contributed towards Uganda’s GDP per capita shown in Figure 2a.

Study Figure 2b in the Resource Booklet.

Identify one advantage of the project shown in Figure 2b.

Cambodia has a population of 17 million people.

Calculate the percentage of Cambodia’s population that have been provided with clean water by this project since 2006.

Write your answer to two decimal places.

You must show your working in the space below.

Suggest one way this project has improved quality of life.

State one possible limitation of the project shown in Figure 2b.

Explain two ways transnational corporations (TNCs) can raise the level of development in a country.

Study Figure 2c in the Resource Booklet.

Identify one country with a decrease in life expectancy.

Calculate the percentage increase in Egypt’s life expectancy between 1990 and 2023.

Write your answer to the nearest whole number.

You must show your working in the space below.

In this question, up to four additional marks will be awarded for your spelling, punctuation, grammar and use of specialist terminology.

You have studied the uneven development within a named developing/emerging country.

Assess the importance of the different reasons that have led to the growth of a ‘core’ region and less developed regions on the ‘periphery’.

Named developing/emerging country

(Spelling, punctuation, grammar and use of specialist terminology = 4 marks)

Study Figure 3 in the Resource Booklet.

Identify the country with the lowest annual meat consumption.

Identify the number of countries with an annual meat consumption of 86–100 kg per capita.

Calculate the percentage of the 12 countries labelled on Figure 3 that have a meat consumption of 76–85 kg per capita.

You must show your working in the space below.

Describe one limitation of just using Figure 3 to investigate European meat consumption.

Identify one fossil fuel.

Explain one cause of soil erosion.

Study Figure 4a and Figure 4b in the Resource Booklet.

Using Figure 4a, identify the mean percentage of electricity produced from renewables in Poland, 2005–2020.

Suggest one reason for the trend, from 1990 to 2022, in Poland’s production of electricity from renewables.

You must use evidence from Figure 4a in your answer.

Identify the year with the largest difference in the percentage of electricity from renewables between Poland and Bulgaria.

The percentage of electricity from renewables in Poland was predicted to change between 2022 and 2030.

Four lines (A, B, C and D) have been drawn on Figure 4b to show possible future predictions.

Which one of these lines is the best prediction, based upon the past trend?

Describe the past trend in the percentage of electricity from renewables in Bulgaria shown in Figure 4b.

You must use data to support your answer.

Explain one reason why some countries have a limited energy mix.

Define the term fracking.

You have studied energy resource management in a named developed country.

Evaluate how successful this country has been in managing its energy resources in a sustainable way.

Named developed country

Study Figure 5a and Figure 5b in the Resource Booklet.

Using Figure 5a, identify the mean amount of fresh water consumption in Mexico, 2000–2015.

Suggest one reason for the trend, from 1990 to 2019, in Mexico’s total fresh water consumption.

You must use evidence from Figure 5a in your answer.

Identify the year with the largest difference in the consumption of freshwater between Mexico and Japan.

The amount of fresh water consumption in Mexico was predicted to change between 2019 and 2030.

Four lines (A, B, C and D) have been drawn on Figure 5b to show possible future predictions.

Which one of these lines is the best prediction, based upon the past trend?

Describe the past trend in the amount of fresh water consumption in Japan shown in Figure 5b.

You must use data to support your answer.

Explain one reason why the UK has water supply problems.

Define the term desalination.

You have studied water resource management in a named developing/emerging country.

Evaluate how successful this country has been in managing its water resources in a sustainable way.

Named developing/emerging country