Flashcards in Geography Deck (34):
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Name challenges of Urbanisation?
- Lack of Space
- Global Warming
- Waste
- Housing
- Education
- ETC
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What is a Megacity?
A city that contains 10 million+ people living there
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Name 4 Push Factors?
- Desertification (En)
- Climate (En)
- Poorly Paid Farmers (E)
- Malnutrition and Famine (S)
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Name 4 Pull Factors?
- Well Paid Job (E)
- Better standard of living (S)
- Education (S)
- Public Transport (En)
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What are the Three Type of Megacities?
- Slow Growing
- Growing
- Rapid Growing
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What are Slow Growing Megacities?
Give Examples, Features and Locations
Examples - Tokyo
Features - Population 70%+ Urban, No Shanty towns
Locations - Asia, Europe ETC
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What are Growing Megacities?
Give Examples, Features and Locations
Examples - Rio de Janeiro
Features - Population 40-50% Urban, under 20% Shanty towns
Locations - South Africa, South East Asia
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What are Rapid Growing Megacities?
Give Examples, Features and Locations
Examples - Mumbai
Features - Population under 50% Urban, 20% Shanty towns
Locations - Africa, South East Asia
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What is Regional Importance of Rio de Janeiro?
- Schools and universities as well as employment
- Major transport hubs
- Thriving in arts and culture
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What is National Importance of Rio de Janeiro?
- Major entertainment and media is in Rio
- Port is important for coffee exports
- Universities and Resources institutions are in Rio
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What is International Importance of Rio de Janeiro?
- Hosted 2016 Olympics and Paralympics
- Christ the Redeemer Statue
- Rio is famous for its beaches and festivals
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Name issues and solutions with Health in Rio
Issue: Healthcare is poor Infant Mortality Rate at 14
Solution: Health kits into houses
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Name issues and solutions with Education in Rio
Issue: 1/2 People 14+ Dropped out School for Drugs
Solution: Local Teacher Volunteers
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Name issues and solutions with Housing in Rio
Issue: Houses built in unsafe places with bad materials
Solution: Houses built as solid structures
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Name issues and solutions with Energy in Rio
Issue: Frequent Blackouts with growing population
Solution: 60km Power lines and new Generators
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Name issues and solutions with Crime in Rio
Issue: Large numbers of gangs in Favelas
Solution: More police forces
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Name issues and solutions with Traffic and Pollution in Rio
Issue: Car fumes make pollution and Water sewage
Solution: 12 New sewage works and Metro increased
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Name issues and solutions with Water in Rio
Issue: 37% of water lost in leaky pipes and more droughts
Solution: Quantity and Quality of water improved with 300k of pipes installed
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Economic Challenges in Favelas are?
- Unemployment is high
- Damage to buildings cannot be paid
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Water and Sanitation Challenges in Favelas are?
- 12% of population don't have water
- 37% of Water lost through Leaky pipes
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Education Challenges in Favelas are?
- Shortage of nearby schools
- Poor Training for Teachers
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Health Challenges in Favelas are?
- Waste isn't disposed of
- Population densities of 37000 per Km²
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Crime and Safety Challenge in Favelas are?
- Drug Gangs dominate Favelas
- High Murder rate of 20 per 1000 people
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What are issues in Hulme?
- Parents with small Children are Stressed
- No lifts only Stairs
- 3x More likely for stress
- 30x more likely for murder and mugging
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Name urban sustainability in Freiburg?
- Green Spaces
- Recycled Water
- Using Brownfield sites
- Conserving cultural buildings and sites
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Name social planning in Freiburg?
- Free football season tickets to investors
- Invest in renewable energy
- Financial rewards to those who compost green waste
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Name economic planning in Freiburg?
- More Employed People in Solar
- Many solar institutions have HQs in Freiburg
- 100,000 People employed in Freiburg
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Name environmental planning in Freiburg?
- 350 community recycling points
- 88% packed waste recycled
- More than 1 million corks recycled per year
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Name different natural Hazards?
- Volcanoes
- Earthquakes
- Storms and tsunamis
- Landslide
- Floods
- ETC
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What increases risk from Natural Hazards?
- Urbanisation
- Poverty
- Farming
- Climate Change
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What are the different plate margins?
- Constructive (Move apart)
- Destructive (Oceanic and Continental Crust collide)
- Collision (Continental Crust collide)
- Conservative (Plates rub against each other)
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How do you measure earthquakes?
Richter Scale
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What would be worse and why?
Nepal (7.9)
Chile (8.8)
Nepal because et country is less developed than Chile and has more people in a given location in comparison to Chile which has a higher GDP and Human Development Index than Nepal
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