Case studies Flashcards
(26 cards)
Give an example of a global city in a Newly Industrialised Country.
Rio de Janeiro
Give an example of a global city in a High Income Country.
Tokyo
Name a place experiencing changes to the rural population in the UK.
Bishops Castle (Rural commuter settlement)
Name a UK Global City (case study).
Cardiff, Wales.
Name a brownfield site (case study).
The Lexicon Bracknell.
Name a greenfield site (case study).
Jennet’s Park, Bracknell.
Name an NIC that has benefitted from Globalisation.
India.
What is the case study involving MNCs in NICs?
Vietnam (Nike).
Case study involving an MNC in the UK?
Tata Steel (an Indian MNC)
Globalisation on a LIC impact?
Malawi in Africa.
Flooding in the UK?
Tewkesbury - The River Severn.
Example of a flash flood?
Boscastle (2004).
Example of a seasonal flood?
Bangladesh.
Example of coastal erosion?
Barton on Sea.
Flooding in an HIC?
North Sea Flooding (storm surge).
Management of coastal flooding?
The Thames Barrier.
Hot semi-arid areas?
Savannah
Tropical wet area?
Tropical Rainforest Ecosystem.
A low pressure event?
Cyclone Pan in Vanuatu.
A high pressure event?
Heatwave and drought in California.
Case study of a Nature Reserve in the Amazon Rainforest?
The village of Jucara in the Batata District.
Small-scale UK Ecosystems?
Ynyslas Sand Dunes in Wales
Major water transfer scheme case study?
Lesotho Highland Water Project (The countries of Lesotho and South Africa).
Over-abstraction in a LIC case study?
Lake Chad, Chad - Sahel Region, Africa.
