Case Studies 1.0 / 5 based on 2 ratings ? GeographyCase StudiesGCSEOCR Created by: hastokCreated on: 10-05-15 10:04 Rivers and Coasts - Holderness Coasts 80000m^2 of farmland lost / year Bridlington - 4.7km sea wall + groynes Hornsea - rip rap + groynes Withernsea - groynes + rip rap in front of sea wall due to storm in 92 Mappleton - £2m to protect against erosion and flooding (91) Spurn Head - East = groynes + riprap , West = Humber Estuary 1 of 16 Rivers and Coasts - Jurassic Coast Dorset - Durdle Door Chesile Beach - Tombolo Lulworth Cove 2 of 16 Rivers and Coasts - River Tees Northen England 137 km long High Force waterfall (hard rock = whinstone) (22m) 3 of 16 Rivers and Coasts - Boscastle 2004 Cornwall No deaths 1000 people lost belongings 6 inches in 6 hours Tide Silting of the river Valency 70% of original vegetation gone since 1800 4 of 16 Rivers and Coasts - Bangladesh 2004 Snow Melt Monsoon Season Strom Surge Urbanisation - Dhaka 7M Rapid deforestation of Himalayas Low GDP ($300) so protection is difficult to implement 36m homeless Damage of $2.2billion 38% of land flooded Loans Bilateral Aid 5 of 16 Population and Settlement - China O.C.P. Introduced in 78 Sanctions like higher tax, no free education, pay cut BR 2.63 > 1.61 400m births prevented Gender Imbalance Aging Population 6 of 16 Population and Settlement - Poland UK Migration 3billion euros sent to poland 19% Unemployed 1/3 of avarage EU wage 7 of 16 Population and Settlement - L.D.D.C 22km^2 120000 jobs Enterprise Zone DLR 8 of 16 Population and Settlement - Curritiba South Brazil HDI 0.856 2010 Global Sustainable City Award Bus Rapid Transport- 27 million less car trips / year BRT 30% less pollution / capita Parks 9 of 16 Population and Settlement - Bluewater Out-Of-Town shopping centre, Kent Cost £400m 7000 people employed 27m served / year 1999, former chalk quarry 10 of 16 Natural Hazards - Haiti Magnitude of 7.0 25km west of capital 220000 dead 30000 commercial buildings collapsed Humanitarian Aid Caribbean + North Atlantic Plate Conservative plate boundry 11 of 16 Natural Hazards - New Zealand 2011 Christ Church, 6.3 magnitude 185 killed Conservative 6600 injured $40b 300 policce from Australia 115 dead in CTV building 12 of 16 Natural Hazards - Katrina Damage $108b 2005 80% of New Orleans flooded Water reached 10 km form beach Luisiana Superdome 26000 people 80% of residents evacuated Seperate Levees for districts 700 bodies recovered 58000 national guard activated 13 of 16 Natural Hazards - Aila 2009 Bangladesh, India 50000 people evacuated 330 deaths $552m damage India 2500 troops deployed Water bourne disease affects 3000 Water purification tablets Rice for food 2500 tonnes 14 of 16 Natural Hazards - Australia Flood Every 18 years 1902 sheep population 106000000 to 54000000 Hosepipe ban Expensive water bottled water 15 of 16 Natural Hazards - Sub-Saharan Africa Mistreatment of Land 16 of 16
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