Case Studys

Question 1

What were the social impacts of Tewkesbury floods

Answer 1

S - 350’000 homes without water
Medical help lost
Shortages of bread milk and water
300’000 homes no electricity

Question 2

Environmental impacts of Tewkesbury floods

Answer 2

High tides
Water level rising
Contamination of clean water
Wildlife - loss of habitat

Question 3

Economical impact of Tewkesbury floods

Answer 3

4000 homes and 500 businesses flooded
Sewage systems broken - repair cost
£25 million cost from Severn Trent
Transport links

Question 4

Political impacts of Tewkesbury floods

Answer 4

Insurance

Against law to shut down water treatment works

Question 5

Short term responses for Tewkesbury

Answer 5

900’000L of bottled water distributed daily
133 portaloos
RNLI used 13 boats - rescued 529 people
Satellite doctors surgery set up for one week
25000 sandbags given out

Question 6

What was the main cause of the Tewkesbury floods? - human or physical?

Answer 6

Physical causes such as flood of southern and central England was a result of low pressure
140mm of rain fell in a few hours
Note - physical cause - impermeable land

Question 7

What were the long term responses of the Tewkesbury floods

Answer 7

Help line and website 
Military provided clean drinking water 
1400 water bowsers
920 houses removed flood damaged items
Housing advice and shelters

Question 8

What were the main causes of the Pakistan floods, say if they are physical or human

Answer 8

Human= no flood defences due to only two wet months
Deforestation = highest rate of deforestation in world
Physical = Indus River has huge drainage basin+tributaries
High gradient - Himalayas
1000mm falls in July and August

Question 9

What were the social effects of Pakistan floods?

Answer 9

City of transport link
Singh and Quetta - 80 people died
3.5 million children at risk of catching diseases such as cholera
20 million people affected and 1600 dead

Question 10

What were the economical effects of Pakistan floods

Answer 10

Family businesses

Also 500’000 tonnes of wheat were lost by flood water

Question 11

What were the short term responses of Pakistan floods?

Answer 11

Oxfam provided 2.4million people with aid
Also sent out water supplies to 1.6 million people
Search and rescue
Shelters

Question 12

What were the long term responses of the Pakistan floods?

Answer 12

36000 people were given funds and training so they could stabilise their lives
150’000 civilians were given tools and seeds

Question 13

What are the environmental impacts of the three gorges dam?

Answer 13

100s of factories, mines and waste dumps = industrial pollutants.
Erosion of the reservoir and river bed = landslides and threatens a big fishing company downstream

Question 14

What does the three gorges dam do?

Answer 14

It produces hydroelectricity by creating hydropower which is supplied to houses and villages

Question 15

What social impacts occurred due to the construction of the three gorges dam?

Answer 15

Some small villages were demolished to make room for the three gorges dam

Question 16

What were the social impacts of the kielder water supply? State if they are positive or negative impacts

Answer 16

P =The lake is 11km long and stores 200,000million litres of water
Huge volumes of timber are produced, 260 employees

N = 58 families had to leave their homes due to dam, houses disappeared under lake that formed

Question 17

What were the environmental impacts of kielder water supply’s? Positive or negative

Answer 17

Positive
8 sites of scientific interest
Acts as flood prevention measure

Negatives
Reducing flow of water changes landscape + affects wildlife
One type of tree in forest
2700 acres of farmland lost

Question 18

What were the economical impacts or effect of the kielder water supply’s ? Positives and negatives

Answer 18

Positives
Hydro electric power station, generates 6MW of power
£6million is raised through tourism
Timber company has 260 employees 
Negatives
2700 acres of farmland lost