random case studies need to know

Question 1

how much does arctic have of undiscovered oil and gas

Answer 1

30% gas and 13% oil

Question 2

what did 3 gorges supply, how many towns did it destory and how many people did it displace and how much did it cost

Answer 2

HEP
140 towns
1.2 million
80 billion

Question 3

how much did china invested in renewables and what are good about these tncs

Answer 3

126.6 billion in 2017, 3x as much as USA
7 are state owned, more money to government

Question 4

global culuture example

Answer 4

Uk has 6 times as many curry resteraunts than mcdonalds

Question 5

example of revolt against uk in industrail revolution

Answer 5

india tried to rebel in 1857 resulted in queen victoria being crowned empress of india

Question 6

what is usa military spending and how many aircraft carries do they have compared to other countries

Answer 6

997 billion
11 aircraft carries, China only has 3

Question 7

evidence for eu population ageing fast

Answer 7

by 2025, 20% of eu citizens by over 65
and by 2030 EU workforce will drop by 14%

Question 8

how much debt is USA in but why is this not an issue

Answer 8

19 trillion but us dollar is global currency so less vulnerable to economic shocks
has 1/3 of global tncs like Apple Nike etc

Question 9

energy security in eu

Answer 9

62% of fossil fuels came from imports in 2022
some from Russia, risk due to invasion as 3 pipeline spass through ukraine

Question 10

how much ends in landfill per year and what does it create

Answer 10

92 million tonnes
leachate
which pollutes land and ground water

Question 11

how much has meat production increased by

Answer 11

quadrupled since 1961

Question 12

oil spill in niger delta

Answer 12

13 million barrels spilt due to shell which destroyed 1000 mangroves that bodo community relied on

Question 13

how many lef tmiddlesborough

Answer 13

20,000

Question 14

acid rain case study

Answer 14

in china
lots of industry “workhouse of world” so lots of pollotants
more than 250 chinese cities affected by acid rain
losses of 13.3 billion
rain goes into ground and dissolves nutrients

Question 15

how many companies does amazon ship to

Answer 15

100

Question 16

example of TNC outsourcing

Answer 16

BT outsources call centres to india

Question 17

stats for containerisation

Answer 17

unit costs went from 30% to 1%

Question 18

how many escaped poverty and how many in china alone

Answer 18

1 billion escpaed 1.25 a day and 500 million alone in china since 1990

Question 19

advanced education in lics

Answer 19

china south korea and india award millions of degrees per year
but severe disparities
rural parts of india and bangladesh have low literacy rates of 77.5%

Question 20

political decision of special economic zones

Answer 20

encourage fdi
indonesia comp;ete;y opened up its markets and become popular offshoring locations to tncs like gap and levis

Question 21

easy jet case study

Answer 21

150 destinations over europe and north africa
tourism
increased diffusion of culture
more interconnected

Question 22

population of india and literacy rates in rural

Answer 22

1.4 billion
77.7%

Question 23

against localism

Answer 23

tomatos emit 8 times more co2 if grown in a greenhouse in the uk compared to if they were imported form spain

Question 24

ip china

Answer 24

70% of counterfeit products are form china

Question 25

HS2

Answer 25

cost 25 billion expected to be 98 connects north and south, resolving divide phase 1 to birmingham but cnaclled phase 2 is negative due to mismanagment and high costs. negative on envrionment as removal of ancient woodlands, protested by green peace and friends of the earth

Question 26

positive of migration

Answer 26

1.2 million poles migrated to corby previously a town with ageing pop and poorly skilled workforce, now has business such as resteraunts and cobstryctuib firsm

Question 27

cambridge science park

Answer 27

synthetic business environment opened with start up companies and large tncs like microsoft and royal society of chemistry

Question 28

negative of cambridge science park

Answer 28

traffic increased by 300% around tge park

Question 29

great firewall of china

Answer 29

form of protectionism 60 internet regulations has most imprisoned journalists

Question 30

keep britain tidy

Answer 30

formed by national federation of women's institute in 1954 to address rising problems of litter 1969 tidyman logo was nation wide

Question 31

us investment in jordan

Answer 31

renewed 5 year package provides 360 million in economic assistance 300 in foreign military financing 340 million towards regional instability 298 for refugee crisis

Question 32

london olympic park

Answer 32

sport led regen in 2016 created olympic village which had facilities like cycle paths, veldorome and swimming pool, improves ppls physical health and wellbeing however unsuccessful gentrification 2900 apartments built costing 250,000, unusused so poor investment

Question 33

life expectancy in glasgow

Answer 33

73 for males

Question 34

what is unique about plymouth uni and how many students does it have

Answer 34

18,000 largest wave tank in the world in plymouth marine building, breakthrough research

Question 35

what is average house price in plymouth

Answer 35

165,000 remained affordable

Question 36

Aylsebury regeneration

Answer 36

aylsebury regneration frameowkr involves a 20km orbital park investment in town centre, including new facilities such as nandos, gbk etc however proposal to demolish historic buildings like the town hall has caused uprorar with aylsebury society