BGCSE Geography (Botswana Senior Secondary Education BSSE) case studies
BGCSE Geography · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The BGCSE Geography is a school-leaving qualification in the Bahamas General Certificate of Secondary Education suite, taken mainly by senior secondary students in The Bahamas and used by employers, sixth-form institutions and further-education providers as evidence of geographic competence at that level. It suits candidates who can read a landscape, a map and a set of statistics and explain the processes and human decisions behind them. The syllabus spans physical geography (earth structure, tectonics, landforms), weather and climate, water cycles, rivers, coasts and oceans, ecosystems and soils, population and settlement, economic activity including tourism, urbanisation and land use, and a regional strand on The Bahamas and the Caribbean with its hazards. Map skills, fieldwork and data interpretation run through all of it. The BGCSE Geography case studies are 5 cases and about 2,729 words.
1The Sinking Road on the Ridge
A 12 km ridge road in a Caribbean island runs along a slope underlain by volcanic tuff and weathered andesite. Residents report a 40 m stretch that has dropped about 0.8 m in five years, with cracks widening after every wet season (May–November).
571 words, about 3 min2The Reef, the Beach and the Groynes
A 3 km beach on a small island has narrowed by about 25 m in 20 years. Behind it are hotels, a road and a freshwater well field.
556 words, about 3 min3Rain, Rivers and the Reservoir
A tropical island relies on a reservoir in a steep, deforested catchment of 40 km². Mean annual rainfall is 1,600 mm, but 70% falls between June and November.
511 words, about 3 min4Housing on the Flood Plain
A coastal town of 45,000 people needs 2,000 new homes in 10 years. Flat land is scarce: the only large site is 60 hectares of low-lying former marsh beside a river and 1.5 m above sea level.
555 words, about 3 min5Tourism, Water and the Dunes
A 2 km stretch of beach backed by low dunes has 400 hotel rooms and is the island's main income source. Hotels pump groundwater for pools, laundry and gardens.
536 words, about 3 min