Natural: Case studies

Question 1

Coastal Landscapes: Effects of coastal recession?

Answer 1

Happisburgh
Walton on the Naze
Penzance Train

Question 2

Coastal Landscapes: Coastal management?

Answer 2

Walton on the Naze

Question 3

Coastal Landscapes: Issue at Walton on the Naze?

Answer 3

Cliffs are receding and the town is getting closer to the cliff edge. Pill boxes on top of the cliff in 1945 are now on the beach 55m away. Caused by less resistant rock. 1.5m a year.

Question 4

Coastal Landscapes: Property damage: Walton on the Naze?

Answer 4

• The North is unprotected recreational area while the south is protected because of building value.
• Famous houses such as haven house are no longer protected.

Question 5

Coastal Landscapes: Location: Walton on the Naze?

Answer 5

Coastal town in Essex, suffers from coastal erosion because of the different types of rock the cliff are made up of, examples include, London Clay, Sandstone.

Question 6

Tectonic landscapes: Hotspots?

Answer 6

Hawaii

Question 7

Living near Tectonic activity?

Answer 7

Fertile Coffee beans Columbia
Geothermal - Iceland
Tourism - Mt Etna Sicily

Question 8

Living near Tectonic activity: Columbia?

Answer 8

20,000 locals live and work on the slopes of volcanos in Columbia where the best coffee is grown.

Question 9

Living near Tectonic activity: Mt Etna?

Answer 9

Popular tourist destinations. Mt Etna attracts thousands of tourists who travel up to the crater by cable car and four wheel drive viechcals. A whole range of tourist facilities give the local population many jobs.

Question 10

Living near Tectonic activity: Iceland?

Answer 10

Volcanos in Iceland. The energy is so inexpensive that in the wintertime some pavements in Reykjavik are heated, In 2008, 28 percent of electric energy created was from geothermal.

Question 11

Tectonic Landscapes: living near Tectonic activity?

Answer 11

Mining, Chile
Perceptions, Japan earthquake proof buildings.
environment California.

Question 12

Tectonic landscapes: Chile?

Answer 12

Minerals such as tin, silver, gold copper can be found in volcanic rocks. The money made can outweigh the risks involved at the volcano.

Question 13

Tectonic landscape: perceptions?

Answer 13

• People in middle income countries feel safe in earthquake zones because of the advances that have been made in earthquake proof buildings.
• Since 1981 Japan in the house disaster plans in place and now has earthquake proof buildings.

Question 14

Tectonic landscapes: environment California?

Answer 14

Some places are known for their beauty and some individuals buy houses in exclusive area is the spot potential earthquake risks examples include Malibu California.

Question 15

Tectonic landscapes: causes and effects of earthquakes?

Answer 15

Turkey 1999

Question 16

Tectonic landscapes: cause-and-effect volcanic eruptions?

Answer 16

Montserrat 1997

Question 17

River Landscapes: Effects of river flooding?

Answer 17

River Danube Bulgaria 2006
Kenya 2007.
Mexico 2007.
India 2008.

Question 18

River Landscapes: Bulgaria 2006?

Answer 18

Affected 2 million people and claimed the lives of 20.
10,000 people lost their homes.
Tent city was put up with space for 1200 people near Vidin.
The flooding cost the economy £346 million with huge amounts of farmland and infrastructure of being destroyed.
Ballcarrier and transport networks were severely damaged causing the Bulgarian National Railway company to lose hundreds of thousands of pounds in profit.

Question 19

River Landscapes: Mexico 2007

Answer 19

In the state of Tabasco more than half of the states 1.2 million residents were affected by the flooding of the Grijava river.
70% of the state was underwater with 100% of the crops being destroyed.
300,000 people were trapped in their homes.

Question 20

River Landscapes: India 2008?

Answer 20

Kosi River is known as the River of Sorrows.
Nearly 1000 houses were completed destroyed and power supplies and Transport supplies were severely affected.
Many people were hit with illnesses such as diarrhoea.
50,000 were homeless and more than 40,000 were forced to live in government run camps.
Estimated cost to the economy $14.25 million.

Question 21

River Landscapes: Kenya 2007

Answer 21

Shabelle Tana and Juba Rivers flooded there banks affecting many towns and villages in Somalia and Kenya.
Many towns were underwater with houses near the river being submerged the floods destroyed Bridges and made roads is impassable meaning a drops by plane with the only way to deliver food to the starving population.
Many refugees were living in trees and were attacked by wild animals.

Question 22

River Landscapes: River management

Answer 22

River Nene Northampton

Question 23

Wasteful World: domestic waste of HIC, recycling at local level HIC?

Answer 23

UK and Rutland.

Question 24

Wasteful World: disposal of domestic waste new killer waste and toxic waste.

Answer 24

Deutschland.

Question 25

Wasteful World: nonrenewable energy.

Answer 25

Fracking United Kingdom

Question 26

Wasteful World: renewable energy?

Answer 26

Wind and solar power United Kingdom.

Question 27

Wasteful World: recycling in Rutland

Answer 27

In Rutland 60% of all waste in 2013/14 has been recycled.

Question 28

Renewable sources of energy: Wind

Answer 28

• UK power companies are now investing hundreds of millions of pounds in renewable power.
• The greatest amount of renewable energy in the UK comes from wind generation.
• In 2010 the world’s largest offshore wind farm was opened in Thanet, on the Thames estuary.
• Many wind farms have been set up, particularly in Scotland and Wales(large amounts of open land).
• However some plans for large wind farms have been blocked by planners and protesters.

Question 29

Renewable source of energy: Biomass

Answer 29

• Production of energy from biomass is expanding.
• In 2011 a new biomass energy centre was opened in Chilton, Durham.
• The supply of energy for biomass is more predictable than other forms of renewable energy.
• However people are concerned about how sustainable the sourcing of biomass is.
• Process can release greenhouse gasses.

Question 30

Statistics for renewable energy in the UK.

Answer 30

The UK has a target of 15% of its energy consumption being sourced from renewable energy. (In 2009 only 3% of energy came from renewable sources in the UK).