Paper 1 Casestudies

Question 1

Year of Nepal Earthquake

Answer 1

2015

Question 2

Impacts of Nepal Earthquake

Answer 2

9000 deaths
3 million homeless

Question 3

Nepal Immediate Responses

Answer 3

300,000 migrated

Question 4

Christchurch Year

Answer 4

2011

Question 5

Effects of Christchurch

Answer 5

100000 homes destroyed
Couldn’t hold rugby World Cup
181 deaths

Question 6

Responses to Christchurch

Answer 6

Military + aid workers
Water / sewerage restored

Question 7

Typhoon Haiyan Effects

Answer 7

Contaminated water supply - disease

Question 8

Typhoon Haiyan Responses

Answer 8

RAF delivered over 1200 evacuation shelters
Temporary hospitals

Question 9

Beast from the East?

Answer 9

Air from Scandinavia and Siberia

Question 10

Beast from the East Responses

Answer 10

MET Office sent red warning signals
Tractors cleared roads
Reviewed emergency plans
Government filled potholes

Question 11

Amazon Deforestation

Answer 11

60-75% from commercial cattle ranching
Economic benefit - improve standard of living - pay off country debt

Question 12

Thar Desert

Answer 12

Reduce Desertification - Joheds - locals build up Earth mounds following contour of hill to trap water in monsoons - more filtration + more ground water
Tourism / farming / mining

Question 13

River Tees

Answer 13

Cow Green Reservoir - some residents complained - destroyed habitats
High force Waterfall
Flood management scheme cost £54 million

Question 14

Holderness Coast

Answer 14

Flat land
1990 - cost £2 million
Now retreats 1-2 metres yearly, was 7-10