Geography A-Level
Environmental Fragility and Resilience
What Environmental Fragility and Resilience means in Geography A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Environmental Fragility and Resilience
The inherent vulnerability of periglacial and glacial systems to thermal changes and physical disturbance, where low resilience leads to irreversible landscape degradation.
Topics that use Environmental Fragility and Resilience
- Glaciated Landscapes and Change (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Abrasion
- Accumulation and Ablation Dynamics
- Anthropogenic Encroachment
- Anthropogenic Radiative Forcing
- Bergschrund
- Climate Change and Cryospheric Flux
- Coastal Landscape Development
- Cryogenic Weathering and Mass Movement
Using Environmental Fragility and Resilience in the exam
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