General Facts For Geography Intro

Front 1

World GDP and Growth

Back 1

• In 2012, global GDP amounted to $72.6 trillion
  
• Global GDP growth was 3.1% in 2012, according to IMF
  
• For every £1 invested in water and sanitation, there is a return on average of £4

Front 2

Population and resources

Back 2

• 7.4b people 2016
  
• Population growth (2016) rate - 1.1% per year
  
• Growth rate will be 0.57% by 2050

Comparison of growth rates (2014)LEDC South Sudan 3.9%MEDC Germany 1.4%

Front 3

Poverty

Back 3

• Nearly 1/2 of the world's population live on less than $2.50 a day
  

Front 4

Earth hazards

Back 4

• Between 1994 and 2013, EM-DAT recorded nearly 7k natural disasters worldwide w/ 218 million people per annum affected
• disasters have become more frequent but the average number of people affected has fallen
  
• Disaster-related economic losses topped US $145 billion in 2004, In the 1950s, the average cost of catastrophic events was $3.9 billion per year.
  
• Flooding accounting for 43% of all recorded events.
  
• Earthquakes (including tsunamis) killed more people than all other types of disaster put together
  

Front 5

Drought

Back 5

• Drought affected more than one billion people between 1994 and 2013, or 25% of the global total.
  
• 41% of drought disasters were in Africa, LEDCS more affected
• >650m of the worlds poorest dont have water
• In 16 countries, >40% of population dont have access to a basic water facility

Front 6

Migration

Back 6

• In 2015, 3.3 per cent of the world's population, lived outside their country of origin.
  
• In 2013, the number of international migrants worldwide reached 232 million, up from154 million in 1990.
  
• Europe and Asia combined host nearly two-thirds of all international migrants worldwide but South is growing in migration.
  
• 3.8 million refugees from Syria (95 per cent) are in just five countries Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt
  

Front 7

Key words

Back 7

Pre-disaster planning –

Prevention

Migration

Preparedness

Post disaster responses –

Response

Recovery

Redevelopment

Front 8

Differences in Earthqukes

Back 8

Pakistan - 2005 - 86k dead - 7.6richter

China - 2008 - 69k dead - 7.9richter

Front 9

Sea level rise

Back 9

Steady rise of 0.04-0.1inches per year since 1900.

Front 10

Malnourishment

Back 10

Responsible for over 50%of child deaths globall

Diseases -

Scurvy - the afflicted become too weak to walk or work, in too much pain to eat, and die often from a burst blood vessel.

Rickets - (Osteoporosis in adults) - Skeletal deformities, fragile and pain in bones, delayed growth, muscle weakness

Front 11

Coasts facts

Back 11

Three-quarters of the world’s mega-cities are by the sea.*

About 44 percent of the world’s population lives within 150 kilometres of the sea.

Front 12

River facts

Back 12

Over 50% of the world's population lives closer than 3 km to a surface freshwater body

Only 10% of the population lives further than 10 km away.

Front 13

EU

Back 13

Britain sends 10% of its total aid budget through the EU, + eachpound of aid the UK spends through EU is matched by £6 from otherEU member states. Gives UK aid more power allowing it to reach further - commonwealth countries are major beneficiaries of EU aid

The UK accounts for just one sixth of the EU economy. One-tenth of EU exports are to the UK, whereas half of UK exports are to theEU.

The UK is the largest recipient of FDI in the EU. The EU wasthe source of 46% of the stock of FDI in the UK in 2013.

Front 14

Flooding

Back 14

Paris 3rd June -

The river seinelevel rose to 20ft above its normal height overnight.Floods also closed parts of metro + landmarks.

Louvre andOrsay museums were shut

Paris remains (Sunday)under the second-highest alert, -"significant impact".Prime Minister ManuelValls said four people had died and 42 were injured across the country. The flooding couldcost French insurance companies more than €600m (£470m)

At least 18 peoplehave died across central Europe from flooding from Franceto Ukraine.Eleven were killed insouthern Germany.Two more fatalitieswere reported in Romania and one in Belgium. Tensof thousands of people have been forced from their homes.

Front 15

Gender Equality

Back 15

77% of women are literate compared to 87% of men

1/3 of women are homeless or living in inadequate housing.

STDs affect 5x more women than men

Only 18% of parliament globally are women

50.4% are men 49.6% are women