1.2 In What Ways Can River Basins Be A Multi-Use Resource (Thames)
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- 1.2 In What Ways Can River Basins Be A Multi-Use Resource (Thames)
- Water Supply
- Thames- 4700 million litres of water abstracted
- Demand has increases by 1.7% each year
- use for water in home and garden
- losses through leaks from distribution systems and consumers plumbing
- population growth and household size
- development pressure and economic activity
- Demand has increases by 1.7% each year
- supply for agricultural needs
- Thames- 4700 million litres of water abstracted
- Demand has increases by 1.7% each year
- use for water in home and garden
- losses through leaks from distribution systems and consumers plumbing
- population growth and household size
- development pressure and economic activity
- Demand has increases by 1.7% each year
- Thames- 4700 million litres of water abstracted
- Supply for Industrial uses
- Thames- 4700 million litres of water abstracted
- Industrial Development
- areas containing chalk, limestone, sand and gravel create great opportunities for mineral extraction
- Allow import and export of raw materials and finished goods.
- Large scaled industries i.e car manufacturing and iron and steel works are located on floodplains
- Land is cheap
- Water for cooling purposes
- River for trade
- Allow import and export of raw materials and finished goods.
- Residential development
- supply of drinking water
- good potentail for trade and communications
- flat sites for residential and industrial development
- settlements built on raised ground to reduce flood risks
- The Thames Gateway
- regeneration scheme
- develop brownfield sites
- forecast housing growth of 100,000
- employment growth of 300,000
- proposed development in the Thames Gateway in areas largely at risk of tidal flooding
- Caused Conflict
- demand for more houses
- 120,000 homes
- build homes on stilts and roads on embankments above flood level
- contains important ecological areas e.g wetlands
- demand for more houses
- Transportation and Trade
- creates jobs in transport, storage, logistics
- Mulitplier effects - demand for houisng, retail, healthcare, education
- the more trade there is, the more jobs are created
- Mulitplier effects - demand for houisng, retail, healthcare, education
- river valleys are relatively flat and make transport routes easy to build.
- creates jobs in transport, storage, logistics
- Recreation and Leisure
- Fishing
- Swimming
- canoeing
- The valleys of the Cherwell and Thames
- sports grounds
- Farmland
- The city's botanical gardens
- Flood Defences
- protections to over 420,000
- beyonce 2030, the barrier will need upgrading est. £4 billion
- Conservation
- Many SSSI
- Thames Estuary and Marshes Special Protection Area SPA/Ramsar site
- Water Supply
- Many SSSI
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