Natural: Case studies Flashcards
(30 cards)
Coastal Landscapes: Effects of coastal recession?
Happisburgh
Walton on the Naze
Penzance Train
Coastal Landscapes: Coastal management?
Walton on the Naze
Coastal Landscapes: Issue at Walton on the Naze?
Cliffs are receding and the town is getting closer to the cliff edge. Pill boxes on top of the cliff in 1945 are now on the beach 55m away. Caused by less resistant rock. 1.5m a year.
Coastal Landscapes: Property damage: Walton on the Naze?
- The North is unprotected recreational area while the south is protected because of building value.
- Famous houses such as haven house are no longer protected.
Coastal Landscapes: Location: Walton on the Naze?
Coastal town in Essex, suffers from coastal erosion because of the different types of rock the cliff are made up of, examples include, London Clay, Sandstone.
Tectonic landscapes: Hotspots?
Hawaii
Living near Tectonic activity?
Fertile Coffee beans Columbia
Geothermal - Iceland
Tourism - Mt Etna Sicily
Living near Tectonic activity: Columbia?
20,000 locals live and work on the slopes of volcanos in Columbia where the best coffee is grown.
Living near Tectonic activity: Mt Etna?
Popular tourist destinations. Mt Etna attracts thousands of tourists who travel up to the crater by cable car and four wheel drive viechcals. A whole range of tourist facilities give the local population many jobs.
Living near Tectonic activity: Iceland?
Volcanos in Iceland. The energy is so inexpensive that in the wintertime some pavements in Reykjavik are heated, In 2008, 28 percent of electric energy created was from geothermal.
Tectonic Landscapes: living near Tectonic activity?
Mining, Chile
Perceptions, Japan earthquake proof buildings.
environment California.
Tectonic landscapes: Chile?
Minerals such as tin, silver, gold copper can be found in volcanic rocks. The money made can outweigh the risks involved at the volcano.
Tectonic landscape: perceptions?
- People in middle income countries feel safe in earthquake zones because of the advances that have been made in earthquake proof buildings.
- Since 1981 Japan in the house disaster plans in place and now has earthquake proof buildings.
Tectonic landscapes: environment California?
Some places are known for their beauty and some individuals buy houses in exclusive area is the spot potential earthquake risks examples include Malibu California.
Tectonic landscapes: causes and effects of earthquakes?
Turkey 1999
Tectonic landscapes: cause-and-effect volcanic eruptions?
Montserrat 1997
River Landscapes: Effects of river flooding?
River Danube Bulgaria 2006
Kenya 2007.
Mexico 2007.
India 2008.
River Landscapes: Bulgaria 2006?
Affected 2 million people and claimed the lives of 20.
10,000 people lost their homes.
Tent city was put up with space for 1200 people near Vidin.
The flooding cost the economy £346 million with huge amounts of farmland and infrastructure of being destroyed.
Ballcarrier and transport networks were severely damaged causing the Bulgarian National Railway company to lose hundreds of thousands of pounds in profit.
River Landscapes: Mexico 2007
In the state of Tabasco more than half of the states 1.2 million residents were affected by the flooding of the Grijava river.
70% of the state was underwater with 100% of the crops being destroyed.
300,000 people were trapped in their homes.
River Landscapes: India 2008?
Kosi River is known as the River of Sorrows.
Nearly 1000 houses were completed destroyed and power supplies and Transport supplies were severely affected.
Many people were hit with illnesses such as diarrhoea.
50,000 were homeless and more than 40,000 were forced to live in government run camps.
Estimated cost to the economy $14.25 million.
River Landscapes: Kenya 2007
Shabelle Tana and Juba Rivers flooded there banks affecting many towns and villages in Somalia and Kenya.
Many towns were underwater with houses near the river being submerged the floods destroyed Bridges and made roads is impassable meaning a drops by plane with the only way to deliver food to the starving population.
Many refugees were living in trees and were attacked by wild animals.
River Landscapes: River management
River Nene Northampton
Wasteful World: domestic waste of HIC, recycling at local level HIC?
UK and Rutland.
Wasteful World: disposal of domestic waste new killer waste and toxic waste.
Deutschland.
