Geography Case Studies - Restless Earth
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- Geography Case Studies - Restless Earth
- 3. The French Alps
- Winter resorts e.g. St Moritz attract skiers, walkers and climbers
- Coniferous forests up to a height of 1800m
- Transhumance dairy farming - seasonal movement of cattle
- 5. MEDC Earthquake Kobe 1995
- 6,500 people killed
- Magnitude 7.2
- 10% of buildings and city infrastructure destroyed
- $220 billion damage
- 77,000 people evacuated
- 300m wall of fire caused by ruptured gas mains
- 1. Montserrat 1995-97
- 2/3 of the island was covered in ash
- 23 people died in 1997
- £41 million offered to redevelop North of the island
- Half of the population left
- People were evacuated to Britain
- 2. Yellowstone Supervolcano
- North West USA would be totally devestated
- Pyroclastic flows would wipe out towns e.g. Bozeman
- Climate change would bring snow in June
- Danger zone would cover a 100 mile radius
- 4. LEDC Earthquake Haiti 2010
- 230,000 people killed
- Emergency shelters created for 1 million
- 70% of buildings in Port au Prince destroyed
- US engineers restore cranes and piers
- 90,000 jobs lost due to damaged buildings
- Magnitude 7.0
- 6. Japanese Tsunami 2011
- $235 billion damage
- Pacific and Eurasian plates
- 4.4 million without electricity
- 16,000 people died
- Major damage to port of Jendai
- Magnitude 8.0
- 3. The French Alps
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