physical case studies

Question 1

coasts
which 3 towns are hold the line😗

Answer 1

hornsea, withernsea, easington

Question 2

coasts
why do kilnsea do nothing🦈
what is bad about this for residents x

Answer 2

their defences starved spurn head which is an SSSI of material- eroding it so they were removed.
the residents have no insurance or compensation
they tried managed retreat themselves but ditched it

Question 3

coasts
why is holderness eroding so fast (and how fast?)🥀
what’s bad about this for them🌝

Answer 3

eroding 2m a year
it’s made of soft boulder clay
it’s exposed to small fetch waves
it has narrow beaches
tourist industry lost-chalets fell in sea
no compensation for loss of private property and land

Question 4

bangladesh
what has increased their risks of badness of flooding?🦁

Answer 4

deforestation of mangrove forests
cyclones and heavy monsoon rains
clearing and draining land for cultivation
very densely populated
(46% of pop lives less than 10m above sea level)
lies on the flood plain of 3 major rivers

Question 5

coasts
in odisha india what is the ICZM doing💋

Answer 5

controlling coastal erosion
developing ecotourism
replanting mangroves

Question 6

carbon
what happened at the gulf oil spill 2010

Answer 6

gulf of mexico oil platform spill
coastal areas at 4 US states at risk- harms ecosystems
42,000 gallons a day lost- 30% USA’s oil production is from here
price of seafood and gas rose

Question 7

carbon
what’s the deal with brazil biofuel carz

Answer 7

they emit 20% less co2 than petrol
but they need deforestation to make it
this occupied the land that poor people rely on

Question 8

carbon
give a downside of canadian tar sands

Answer 8

tar sands: energy and water intensive to extract. increases Ccemissions to extract, produce and use

Question 9

carbon
how much energy does the USA vs france import🪼

Answer 9

france: 46%
USA: 15%

Question 10

hazards
what does japan do the have good preparedness

Answer 10

early warning systems
1st sept drills- good education
earthquake proof buildings- good regs
10m high tsunami wall

Question 11

hazards
name 2 LIC earthquakes and 2 HIC earthquakes

Answer 11

LIC:
Haiti 2010 (300.000 dead and missing)
Pakistan 2005 (good NGO response)
HIC:
Japan 2011 (1000x more powerful than Haiti but lower death toll)
Loma Prieta 1989 (cypress freeway)

Question 12

hazards
name 2 volcano case studies and a fun fact x

Answer 12

eyjafjallajokull 2010 - affected flights over europe
montserrat - tourist industry collapsed + brain drain = unemployment

Question 13

hazards
describe the indian ocean tsunami impacts

Answer 13

affected 14 countries
5 million people affected
$10bill+ damage costs
no early warning system as countries were LIC’s - no money spent on protection
low lying coastlines

Question 14

water
describe the colorado basin situation
what’s the 2015 agreement

Answer 14

water from here is distributed to 7 states and mexico
adjusts mexicos share depending if it’s in a drought or surplus

Question 15

water
what’s do singapore do to manage their small water supply

Answer 15

cut leakage
have water meters
good water education
water harvesting and recycling
desalination of water

Question 16

water
what happened in bolivia 1999

Answer 16

they privatised their water
price of water rose by 20% of the average income of the urban poor
4 days of protests and the govt cancelled the contract

Question 17

water
describe chinas 2 water projects

Answer 17

south to north transfer:
reduced water insecurity and supported economic development
thousands displaced from construction
construction polluted the river
3 gorges dam:
it was a hydroelectric dam for electricity
towns and villages flooded
1.3 million forced to move

Question 18

carbon
what’s the afforestation fact

Answer 18

between 2010 and 2015 7.6 million hectares of forest were lost, but 4.3 million were gained. this is a net loss of 3.3 million - half that of the 1990’s

Question 19

carbon
how much has brazils deforestation rate changed by 2000

Answer 19

it’s halved since 2000

Question 20

coasts
what percent of the maldives GDP is from tourism
what’s their biggest export

Answer 20

33%
fish

Question 21

hazards
what happened in loma prieta

Answer 21

1989
was built on landfill so liquefaction and cypress freeway collapsed
5:04pm

Question 22

hazards
haiti 2010

Answer 22

300.000 dead and missing
countries didn’t wanna give aid bc fear of the corrupt govt
poor so no preparation or education
magnitude 7
poorly built buildings

Question 23

hazards
japan 2011

Answer 23

magnitude 9
19,000 dead and missing
caused tsunami- Fukushima plant damaged- release radiation
electricity prices rose 20%

Question 24

carbon
what’s with russia and their gas conflicts

Answer 24

russia wanted crimea port
eu wanted ukraine cuz 1/2 their energy from russia flows through ukraine
russia kept turning off gas
1/3 europes gas is from russia

Question 25

carbon uk fuel protests?

Answer 25

year 2000 was against tax increases petrol and diesel rose- panic buying blockaded and made it difficult to govt listened and lowered taxes back

Question 26

carbon arctic - albedo effect and melting ice issues?

Answer 26

loss of arctic albedo - melting=cant radiate=more melting global warming - warm water flowing into arctic= melts ice fresh water form ice into sea disrupts ecosystems

Question 27

carbon what happened in kuwait 1991

Answer 27

hussein ordered iraqi army to blow up oil fields in response to USA bombings 100s of wells, storage tanks and pipelines blown up