Why Do People Live In Dangerous Places

Question 1

Fertile soils

Answer 1

Water pipes appear which is good for dryland
Loose Soil is good for farming
Root can easily go down better because of the loose soil
Farmers get more money because it is cheaper to farm and you get bigger crops

Question 2

Tourism

Answer 2

People visit after natural disasters
New places are made for tourism
Tourism brings in a lot of money into the economy

Question 3

Resources

Answer 3

Better building designs that will reduce risk
Rich minerals, rocks for building fertile land
Very cheap energy near volcanoes
Free hot water near volcanoes
When volcanoes erupt gold, diamonds and precious minerals are in the lava

Question 4

Other

Answer 4

Earthquakes and volcanoes don’t happen very often so it is not seen as a great threat
People in poverty have other things to worry about
Some people can’t actually move away because they have nowhere else to go
Some people are aware of the risk and ignore it

Question 5

What is a main tourist location

Answer 5

Ice land

Question 6

What resources are in ice land

Answer 6

Hot water 90% of it is free and In Iceland
Volcanic rocks
25% of electric energy
Geo thermic energy

Question 7

How many people visit I stand per year

Answer 7

1 million people