Case studies

Question 1

Give an example of a global city in a Newly Industrialised Country.

Answer 1

Rio de Janeiro

Question 2

Give an example of a global city in a High Income Country.

Answer 2

Tokyo

Question 3

Name a place experiencing changes to the rural population in the UK.

Answer 3

Bishops Castle (Rural commuter settlement)

Question 4

Name a UK Global City (case study).

Answer 4

Cardiff, Wales.

Question 5

Name a brownfield site (case study).

Answer 5

The Lexicon Bracknell.

Question 6

Name a greenfield site (case study).

Answer 6

Jennet’s Park, Bracknell.

Question 7

Name an NIC that has benefitted from Globalisation.

Answer 7

India.

Question 8

What is the case study involving MNCs in NICs?

Answer 8

Vietnam (Nike).

Question 9

Case study involving an MNC in the UK?

Answer 9

Tata Steel (an Indian MNC)

Question 10

Globalisation on a LIC impact?

Answer 10

Malawi in Africa.

Question 11

Flooding in the UK?

Answer 11

Tewkesbury - The River Severn.

Question 12

Example of a flash flood?

Answer 12

Boscastle (2004).

Question 13

Example of a seasonal flood?

Answer 13

Bangladesh.

Question 14

Example of coastal erosion?

Answer 14

Barton on Sea.

Question 15

Flooding in an HIC?

Answer 15

North Sea Flooding (storm surge).

Question 16

Management of coastal flooding?

Answer 16

The Thames Barrier.

Question 17

Hot semi-arid areas?

Answer 17

Savannah

Question 18

Tropical wet area?

Answer 18

Tropical Rainforest Ecosystem.

Question 19

A low pressure event?

Answer 19

Cyclone Pan in Vanuatu.

Question 20

A high pressure event?

Answer 20

Heatwave and drought in California.

Question 21

Case study of a Nature Reserve in the Amazon Rainforest?

Answer 21

The village of Jucara in the Batata District.

Question 22

Small-scale UK Ecosystems?

Answer 22

Ynyslas Sand Dunes in Wales

Question 23

Major water transfer scheme case study?

Answer 23

Lesotho Highland Water Project (The countries of Lesotho and South Africa).

Question 24

Over-abstraction in a LIC case study?

Answer 24

Lake Chad, Chad - Sahel Region, Africa.

Question 25

Trans boundary water issue?

Answer 25

The River Mekong in South East Asia. (flows through six countries: China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam.

Question 26

Give the name of a favella in Rio?

Answer 26

Rocinha.