Paper 2 Casestudies Flashcards
(30 cards)
Rio Importance
6% of Brazils employment
Cultural Capital
Christ the Redeemer - 1 of 7 wonders of the world
5 Ports
3 Airports
Rio Opportunities
Land Rover employed 300 people
Rio Challenges
(Favelas)
50% no sewerage connections
1/3 work in informal sector
Infant mortality is 50 per 1000
5000 deaths per year due to air pollution
Favela Project
Complexo Alemao Pacification 2010
Armed police units drove out criminal gangs, established police presence
Cable car system - shortens journey into city centre from 2 hours to 16 minutes, 9000 use daily, cost $64 million, stopped running - lack of funding from government
30/1000 favelas pacified since 2008
Housing Estate Rio
Campo Grande
800 houses
Has sanitation, clean water and electricity
Better quality housing
Re-house those who were evicted due to olympics
90 minute drive from city centre - residents had to give up jobs
Lacking health centres and schools
Leeds Location
200 miles North of London - 2 hours on train
Leeds Importance
First Direct Arena
UK’s fastest growing city economically
Roundhay Park
Northern Powerhouse centres on Leeds / Manchester
Leeds Opportunities
12% born outside UK
Indian Carnival
Leeds Art Gallery
Transpennine - well connected
Leeds Challenges
3rd worst air quality in UK
470kg waste per household annually
Inequalities Leeds
Horsforth ✅
Life expectancy - 84
Good GCSE passes - 60%
Children in poverty - 13%
Beeston and Holdbeck ❌
Life expectancy - 78
Good GCSE passes- 38%
Children in poverty - 38%
South Bank Regeneration
Northern Branch of British Library
HS2
New Aire Park
Water Taxis
Leeds Housing Sustainability Project
Climate Innovation District
10 minute walk to city
Green roofs
Heating 100% renewable energy
Zero carbon design
Triple glazed windows
Kenya Overview
LIC in East Africa - becoming NEE
Suffers from drought + terrorist attacks
Tourist attractions - Indian Ocean coastline, white beaches, coral reef + wildlife safaris, lions elephants giraffes
Tourist numbers doubled since 2000
Benefits tourism Kenya
10% jobs rely on tourism / 5% Kenya GDP
locals learn new skills
Investment by government +foreign companies
Limitations tourism Kenya
Foreign companies may bring foreign workers for skilled jobs - locals only do low skilled, poorly paid work
Pollution and disruption to habitats
Profits to foreign companies
Local communities ignored, focused on tourists
Nigeria Location
West Africa
Atlantic coastline
Borders Benin, Chad, Cameroon
Importance of Nigeria
Africas biggest economy
Worlds highest GDP growth for 2010-15
Largest population in Africa
75% government money from oil
Trading partners - EU, USA, India, China
ECOWAS and African Union
Nigeria Context
Independence - 1960 - political instability
Stable government since 1999
South (Christian + high rainfall) wealthier then North (Muslim + semi-desert) - tensions - reduced foreign investment
Nollywood- second largest film industry
Won African Cup of Nations three times
Nigeria Economy
Agriculture (cocoa, oil palm) > 98% export earnings from oil
Primary > secondary
Manufacturing - 10% GDP (regular paid work - multiplier effect)
TNCs Nigeria
Shell
65000 Nigerians work for shell
Investment in local infrastructure / education
Use services of local companies
Pollute - oil spills
Locals paid poorly / poor conditions
Much of profit goes abroad to HICs
Nigeria Aid
35% below national poverty line
Received 4% aid given to African countries
NGO Nets for Life - education on Malaria prevention / distributes anti-mosquito nets
Nigeria environmental impacts of economic development
Harmful pollutants into open drains / water channels
60-70% forests destroyed
Traffic congestion
Oil spills Locals paid- freshwater / marine ecosystems
Economic development on quality of life - Nigeria
More have access to reliable water supplies / electricity
60% still in poverty
Area of population growth UK
Hambleton, North Yorkshire - A1
Increased traffic
House prices rise
Local shops / services close - commuters shop where they work
Fall in agricultural employment
