Case Studies Geography GCSE

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Deaths during L'Aquila Earthquake
300
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Injured people during L'Aquila Earthquake
1500
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Buildings damaged/destroyed in L'Aquila Earthquake
Tens of thousands
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People made homeless due to L'Aquila Earthquake
60,000
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Damage to infrastructure during L'Aquila Earthquake
Bridge near Fossa and water pipe near Paganica
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Deaths due to Kashmir Earthquake
80,000
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People injured in Kashmir Earthquake
Tens of thousands
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Buildings damaged/destroyed in Kashmir Earthquake
Hundreds of thousands
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People made homeless in Kashmir Earthquake
3 million
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Damage to infrastructure during Kashmir Earthquake
Water pipelines and electricity lines cut off
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People killed in Hurricane Katrina
More than 1800
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Houses destroyed in Hurricane Katrina
300,000
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People without electricity in Hurricane Katrina
3 million
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Damage to environment by Hurricane Katrina
Some bridges collapsed, coastal habitats damaged, large areas flooded (80% of New Orleans),water supplies polluted with sewage and chemicals
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People made homeless in Hurricane Katrina
Hundreds of thousands
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Jobs lost from damaged businesses in Hurricane Katrina
230,000
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Total cost of Hurricane Katrina damage
$150 billion
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Date of extremely cold UK
25th November 2010 - 26 December 2010
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Reasons for extremely cold UK
Cold air from Northern Europe and Siberia
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Deaths from extremely cold UK
Several from hypothermia or accidents on icy roads
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Buildings without water during extremely cold UK
400,000 homes and businesses
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Economic impact of extremely cold UK
£1.6 billion
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CO2 emissions during extremely cold UK
Increased due to the use of gas and electricity almost double that of a normal December
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Size of Amazon Rainforest
Around 8 million km^2
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Area destroyed since 1978 of the Amazon Rainforest
Over 750,000 km^2 (by deforestation)
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Caused 65-70% of the Amazons deforestation between 2000 and 2005
Commercial cattle ranching
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Caused 20-25% of the Amazons deforestation between 2000 and 2005
Small-scale subsistence farming
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Caused 5-10% of the Amazons deforestation between 2000 and 2005
Commercial farming (mainly soy)
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Caused 2-3% of the Amazons deforestation between 2000 and 2005
Logging
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Caused 1-2% of the Amazons deforestation between 2000 and 2005
Mineral extraction, road building, energy development and building new settlements
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Number of tonnes of carbon stored by Amazon Rainforest
100 billion tonnes
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Amount of topsoil Brazil loses every year due to soil erosion from soy farming
55 million tons
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Money made by Brazil in 2008 from cattle trading
$6.9 billion
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Opportunities for economic development in the Sahara
Mineral resources, oil and gas, solar energy, tourism and farming
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Challenges for economic development in the Sahara
Extreme temperatures, inaccessibility and water supply
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Example of an arch
Durdle Door
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Example of a bay
Lulworth Cove
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Example of a tombolo (bar)
Chesil Beach
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Example of a stack and stump
Old Harry (stack) and Old Harry's Wife (stump)
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Example of a lagoon
The Fleet Lagoon
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Example of a meander
Shrewsbury
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Example of interlocking spurs
Afon Dulas Valley
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Example of rapids
South of the Ironbridge Gorge
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Example of Oxbow Lakes
Near Welshpool
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Example of Flood Plains
Tewkesbury, Gloucester
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Example of Levees
Minsterworth, Gloucester
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Example of an Estuary
River Severn empties into the Bristol Channel
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Flood defences of Shrewsbury
Frankwell Alleviation Scheme: flood walls, two pumping stations and unique demountable barriers
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Opportunities in Lagos
Better services, better resources, 68% have secondary education (in rural areas of Nigeria 40% don't go to primary school), safe water, construction jobs, two major ports, fishing industry and film/music industry
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Challenges in Lagos
Over 60% live in slums e.g Makoko, only 40% of rubbish is collected, bad traffic, not enough formal jobs for migrants - most scavenge on the Olusosun rubbish dump
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Makoko conditions
Flimsy, wooden huts on stilts in the lagoon, only one primary school, communal toilets (shared by 15 households), health problems (sewage goes straight into lagoon) communal water point (3km away), crime, illegal electricity
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Liverpool decline of the docks
In 1960s, led to 350 factories being closed
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Opportunities in Liverpool
Cultural mix, recreation and entertainment (Albert Dock), employment (tourism and service), integrated transport systems, urban greening (public parks), more cycle and pedestrian routes
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Challenges in Liverpool
Industrial decline - deprived areas, increased inequality (only parts are rebuilt), new housing is too expensive, high unemployment, low incomes, vandalism, pressure on Greenfield sites, water disposal
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Passengers on London Underground
Takes 3 million passengers off the roads every day
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Benefits of Tourism in Kenya
Improved quality of life, 600,000 people employed in tourism, 24 national parks, since 2000 the HDI increased from 0.45 to 0.55
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Negatives of Tourism in Kenya
Small proportion of the money goes to locals, some Maasai tribespeople forced off land, tourist vehicles damage environment
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% in Primary Industry in India
50%
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% in Secondary Industry in India
22%
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% in Tertiary and Quaternary Industries in India
29%
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India's Short-Term Aid
UK sent £10m, a revue team and 1200 tents after an earthquake in 2001, NGOs like Oxfam provided supplies and temporary buildings
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India's Long-Term Aid
Until 2015 India received over £200m each year from the UK to tackle poverty
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Amount of water transferred by Chinese government
Planning to transfer 44.8 billion cubic litres
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Cost of SNWTS in China
$62 billion
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Advantages of SNWTS in China
Provides water to North, allows industry to continue developing, provides water to irrigate farmland
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Disadvantages of SNWTS in China
Large areas have been flooded, raising the dam of the Danjiangkou Reservoir caused 345,00 people to have to move, the water supplied to Beijing in expensive, water stress in South will increase
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Kenya's Machakos District
Building sand dams
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Injured people during L'Aquila Earthquake

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Tens of thousands

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60,000

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Bridge near Fossa and water pipe near Paganica

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