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16 Cards in this Set
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Case study of fold mountains |
The Alps - 30 million years ago - African and European Plates collided -12 million people - Mont Blanc at 4810 m -100 million tourists per year, 70% skiing |
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Case study of a Volcano |
Soufrière Hills, Montserrat - erupted in 1997 on 25th of June - 4 to 5 million m³ of rocks and gas - 19 killed - Plymouth under 12 m of lahar - £41 million for development and £17 million for emergency aid from UK |
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Earthquake case study |
L'Aquila, Italy - 6th of April, 2009 -6.3 on Richter scale - 290 deaths Kashmir, Pakistan - 8th October, 2005 - 7.6 on the Richter scale - 80,000 deaths |
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Tsunami case study |
West coast of Indonesia there was an earthquake - 26th December 2004 - 9.1 on the Richter scale - Up to 30 m high - effected Indonesia, Thailand, India, Sri Lanka - 230,000 people killed or missing - 1.7 million lost homes |
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Glacier Case study |
Rhône Glacer in the Swiss Alps - 7.8 km long - retreating since 19 th century - -1.3 km since 1900 - increase of +0.9°c in the last 150 years - near Rhône Glacer since 1937-2005 +1.8°c |
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Tourism on Ice case study |
Chamonix - 5 million visitors a year - Mer dear Glace 7 km long, 200m deep - 6 ski areas, 350 km of hiking, 40 km of mountain biking tracks and alpine museum -2500 seasonal workers - 1999 an avalanche killed 12 people |
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Coastal erosion case study |
Holderness Coast -61 km long -1.8 m lost per year and in Great Cowden it has been 10 m per year -£5000 per acre - 80,000 m² of farmland lost per year |
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Rising sea level Case study |
Tuvalu - global sea level is rising at 2 mm per year -Predicted to rise by 18-59 cm by 2100 - + 4°c by the end of the century - highest point is 5 m above sea level - floods 40-50 m inland - Pulaka crop - group of islands, 10 miles² - population of 10,000 |
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Coastal Management case study |
Dawlish-Warren - Gabions - marram grass - board walks -Christmas trees -Managed retreat
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UK tourism case study |
Lake District -15 million yearly visitors -Windermere Lake -Scafell Pike mountain -Beatrix Potter and Wordsworth museum -Tarn Hows paths -+2 million visitors by 2018 -£1.1 billion- £1.5 billion |
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Mass tourism case study |
Kenya -700,000 visitors a year -15% of the GNP, 15% goes to locals -Magical Kenya -£8 million on infrastructure -Adult visas cut by 50% and under 16 kids' scrapped in 2009 -Horseback tours and extreme tourism |
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Extreme tourism case study |
Antarctica -14 million km², 98% ice -7413 tourists in 1996/1997 but 46,000 in 2007/2008 -MS explorer sunk 2007 -April 2009 Antarctic treaty says ships with fewer than 500 can board and only 100 allowed on land at a time -IAATO code of conduct |
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Ecotourism case study |
Tataquara Lodge -Xingu River in Para -Owned by 6 tribes -15 rooms -Harpy Eagle and Giant River Otter -Solar power and local food -Preservation of culture |
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Global Inequalities Case study |
Nicaragua -Hurricane Mitch October 1998 -3000 deaths, 50,000 animals -340 schools and 90 health centers destroyed -$1.2 billion damage costs -Children that worked increased by 8.1% |
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Reducing Global Inequalities Case study |
FARM-Africa -Founded 1985 -In Ethiopia since 1988 -Rural women's empowerment, helps 15,160 people -Prosopis Management, in Afar and effects 4400 households -Community Development Project in Semu Robi, helps 4100 & 60,000 -Sustainable Forest Management in Bale, helping 7500 communities |
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Inequalities in the EU case study |
Bulgaria(B) & The UK • 2007 GNI- $11,180 : $33,800 • life expectancy- 73 : 79 • HDI- 0.824 : 0.947 -Climate -Rhodope mountains 12,233 km² -Communist from 1944-1990 -CAP -SAPARD |
