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coasts case study

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Holderness Coast

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Holderness Coast characteristics

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soft clay, easily eroded, susceptible to slumping

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holderness coastal defences

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Rip Rap and Groynes

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holderness coast problems

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2m coastal retreat a year, 23 villages lost since roman times

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River case study

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River dee

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river dee source features

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Ddault snowdonia national park
460mm above sea level
3000mm average rainfall

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river dee mouth features

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Irish sea

rainfall is 750mm

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River dee characteristics

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94% catchment is rural
water source for 3 million
110km long

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Rivers flooding case studies

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UK - November 2012
Tewksbury - July 2007
Boscastle - August 2004
Somerset - January 2014

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UK november flood 2012 effect

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English wettest and Wales 3rd year
8000 homes destroyed
crops worth £600 million
9 deaths

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what happened UK november 2012

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persistent rain April - November
21-24 November - storms
caused immediate surface run off

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Tewkesbury July 2007 damage

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48000 homes
repair cost £20-30,000
£140,000 for local economy
£3.2 billion for UK

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Boscastle 2004

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100 homes and 75 cars washed away

a months worth of rain fell in one day

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Somerset impact

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took 12 weeks to reduce
1000 hectares farmland
6 farms evacuated
Moorland and Fordgate evacuated

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Hurricanes developed and developing

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Hurricane Sandy (usa)
Typhoon Haiyan (philippines)
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hurricane sandy social impact

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150 died
transport delays
businesses closed
lost electricity

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hurricane sandy economic impact

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$65 billion property damage
New York marathon cancelled
stock exchanges closed for a day
no petrol

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hurricane sandy environmental impact

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coastal nature reserve damaged

raw sewage leaked onto streets

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hurricane sandy responses

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American Red cross raised millions
billions of dollars voted through legislation
Bon Jovi concert
social media showed before and

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Typhoon Haiyan social impact

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600,000 people displaced

6,000 died

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Typhoon Haiyan economic impact

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$2 billion damage

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Typhoon Haiyan environmental impact

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trees uprooted

oil spilt caused sea pollution

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Typhoon Haiyan responses

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Uk gave £10 million

declared ‘a state of national calamity’

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Drought case studies

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California 2012

Ethiopia 1980

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california drought impact people

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$2.7 billion a year
542,000 acres of crop production lost
wildfires

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california drought impact ecosystem

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river flow was too slow so salmon couldn’t breed

wildfires

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california drought responses government

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state law cut water use by 25%

‘save our water’ scheme

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california drought responses organisations

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University of california did research

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california drought responses individuals

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farmers were taught drip irrigation

homeowners asked to check for leaks

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Ethiopia drought impact on people

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death of livestock

girls miss school as have to go get water

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Ethiopia drought impact ecosystems

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extinction of Grevy Zebra
lost 200,000 hectares
loss of habitat e.g. Borkena Wetland

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Eithiopia drought responses government

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$128.4 million in food aid by US government

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Eithiopia drought responses organisations

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Unicef

Oxfam

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Eithiopia drought responses individuals

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Live aid to raise awareness & money

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case study tropical and temperate rainforest

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Madagascar and New forest

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deforestation impact in Madagascar

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1,400 hectares deforested a year

half as much forest as 1950

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cause of deforestation Madagascar

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80% due to racy (slash and burn)
2nd biggest reason is logging
population went from 4 million 1950 to 20.7 million in 2010

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sustainable management organisation madagascar

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Association Mitsinjo

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sustainable management strategies Madagascar

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ecotourism, rainforest services, agriculture and social help

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ecotourism in madagascar

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money from tourism is 1/3 of income

patrols 10,00 hectares to prevent logging

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management of rainferest staratagies in Madagascar

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restoration project in 2002,
help farmers improve crop yield in return for 10% of land,
1 million new trees planted from 150 local species in 1000 hectares

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agriculture madagascar

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educate a sustainable alternative to tavy e.g. System of Rice Intensification (SRI)

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social impacts madagascar

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funds healthcare and environment education,

younger generations care for future

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problems in madagascar

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14,000 inhabitants in poverty
2/3 of income from aid organisations
logging&tavy occurs still

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new forest characteristics

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480km2
175,000 people live there
£500 million a year from tourism
15 million people visit annually

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problems in new forest

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visitors damage plants or run over wild animals,

50% is privately owned and 40% not kept well

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sustainable management of new forest

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50,000 tonnes of timber a year 
native species,
pesticides,
reduced work,
forestry commission (education courses)
48
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sustainable use of new forest

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visitor control
sustainable transport
visitor leaflet
green leaf businesses

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