case atudies

Question 1

coasts case study

Answer 1

Holderness Coast

Question 2

Holderness Coast characteristics

Answer 2

soft clay, easily eroded, susceptible to slumping

Question 3

holderness coastal defences

Answer 3

Rip Rap and Groynes

Question 4

holderness coast problems

Answer 4

2m coastal retreat a year, 23 villages lost since roman times

Question 5

River case study

Answer 5

River dee

Question 6

river dee source features

Answer 6

Ddault snowdonia national park
460mm above sea level
3000mm average rainfall

Question 7

river dee mouth features

Answer 7

Irish sea

rainfall is 750mm

Question 8

River dee characteristics

Answer 8

94% catchment is rural
water source for 3 million
110km long

Question 9

Rivers flooding case studies

Answer 9

UK - November 2012
Tewksbury - July 2007
Boscastle - August 2004
Somerset - January 2014

Question 10

UK november flood 2012 effect

Answer 10

English wettest and Wales 3rd year
8000 homes destroyed
crops worth £600 million
9 deaths

Question 11

what happened UK november 2012

Answer 11

persistent rain April - November
21-24 November - storms
caused immediate surface run off

Question 12

Tewkesbury July 2007 damage

Answer 12

48000 homes
repair cost £20-30,000
£140,000 for local economy
£3.2 billion for UK

Question 13

Boscastle 2004

Answer 13

100 homes and 75 cars washed away

a months worth of rain fell in one day

Question 14

Somerset impact

Answer 14

took 12 weeks to reduce
1000 hectares farmland
6 farms evacuated
Moorland and Fordgate evacuated

Question 15

Hurricanes developed and developing

Answer 15

Hurricane Sandy (usa)
Typhoon Haiyan (philippines)

Question 16

hurricane sandy social impact

Answer 16

150 died
transport delays
businesses closed
lost electricity

Question 17

hurricane sandy economic impact

Answer 17

$65 billion property damage
New York marathon cancelled
stock exchanges closed for a day
no petrol

Question 18

hurricane sandy environmental impact

Answer 18

coastal nature reserve damaged

raw sewage leaked onto streets

Question 19

hurricane sandy responses

Answer 19

American Red cross raised millions
billions of dollars voted through legislation
Bon Jovi concert
social media showed before and

Question 20

Typhoon Haiyan social impact

Answer 20

600,000 people displaced

6,000 died

Question 21

Typhoon Haiyan economic impact

Answer 21

$2 billion damage

Question 22

Typhoon Haiyan environmental impact

Answer 22

trees uprooted

oil spilt caused sea pollution

Question 23

Typhoon Haiyan responses

Answer 23

Uk gave £10 million

declared ‘a state of national calamity’

Question 24

Drought case studies

Answer 24

California 2012

Ethiopia 1980

Question 25

california drought impact people

Answer 25

$2.7 billion a year 542,000 acres of crop production lost wildfires

Question 26

california drought impact ecosystem

Answer 26

river flow was too slow so salmon couldn’t breed | wildfires

Question 27

california drought responses government

Answer 27

state law cut water use by 25% | ‘save our water’ scheme

Question 28

california drought responses organisations

Answer 28

University of california did research

Question 29

california drought responses individuals

Answer 29

farmers were taught drip irrigation | homeowners asked to check for leaks

Question 30

Ethiopia drought impact on people

Answer 30

death of livestock | girls miss school as have to go get water

Question 31

Ethiopia drought impact ecosystems

Answer 31

extinction of Grevy Zebra lost 200,000 hectares loss of habitat e.g. Borkena Wetland

Question 32

Eithiopia drought responses government

Answer 32

$128.4 million in food aid by US government

Question 33

Eithiopia drought responses organisations

Answer 33

Unicef | Oxfam

Question 34

Eithiopia drought responses individuals

Answer 34

Live aid to raise awareness & money

Question 35

case study tropical and temperate rainforest

Answer 35

Madagascar and New forest

Question 36

deforestation impact in Madagascar

Answer 36

1,400 hectares deforested a year | half as much forest as 1950

Question 37

cause of deforestation Madagascar

Answer 37

80% due to racy (slash and burn) 2nd biggest reason is logging population went from 4 million 1950 to 20.7 million in 2010

Question 38

sustainable management organisation madagascar

Answer 38

Association Mitsinjo

Question 39

sustainable management strategies Madagascar

Answer 39

ecotourism, rainforest services, agriculture and social help

Question 40

ecotourism in madagascar

Answer 40

money from tourism is 1/3 of income | patrols 10,00 hectares to prevent logging

Question 41

management of rainferest staratagies in Madagascar

Answer 41

restoration project in 2002, help farmers improve crop yield in return for 10% of land, 1 million new trees planted from 150 local species in 1000 hectares

Question 42

agriculture madagascar

Answer 42

educate a sustainable alternative to tavy e.g. System of Rice Intensification (SRI)

Question 43

social impacts madagascar

Answer 43

funds healthcare and environment education, | younger generations care for future

Question 44

problems in madagascar

Answer 44

14,000 inhabitants in poverty 2/3 of income from aid organisations logging&tavy occurs still

Question 45

new forest characteristics

Answer 45

480km2 175,000 people live there £500 million a year from tourism 15 million people visit annually

Question 46

problems in new forest

Answer 46

visitors damage plants or run over wild animals, | 50% is privately owned and 40% not kept well

Question 47

sustainable management of new forest

Answer 47

``` 50,000 tonnes of timber a year native species, pesticides, reduced work, forestry commission (education courses) ```

Question 48

sustainable use of new forest

Answer 48

visitor control sustainable transport visitor leaflet green leaf businesses