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Cards (28)

  • name and describe an opportunity in London
    cultural mix: notting hill carnival and China Town
  • name and describe another opportunity in London
    entertainment: tourism- Natural Hisxtory Museum, football stadiums
  • name and describe a challenge in London
    poverty- 500,000 children below poverty line
  • name and describe a second challenge in London
    housing is expensive. 6000 people in London last year slept roughly
  • why is London important globally?
    it's connected to Tokyo through trading and submarines
  • how has the inequality gap been reduced in London?
    Boris bikes reduces congestion and Westfield shopping centre and Olympic Park
  • name and describe an opportunity for Mumbai
    Mumbai-Dehli industrial corridor which connects Mumbai and Dehli 'capital city'. therefore easy transportation
  • name another opportunity in Mumbai
    education and healthcare and more jobs
  • name and describe a challenge about Mumbai
    air pollution is high, slow traffic and crime rates are high
  • describe 'Vision Mumbai'
    slum sanitation project, electrification project, renovation plans
  • describe slum sanitation project
    builds more toilets in slums prevents diseases such as diptheria
  • give an advantage of the electrification project
    there are now 27,500 safe households
  • name renewable energy sources
    solar, wind, hydro, biomass, geothermal
  • name non-renewable energy sources
    fossil fuels (coal, oil, natural gas), nuclear energy
  • does it rain more in the north or the south?
    south
  • how can raining in the south more than the north be solved?
    by desalinating water (taking salt out)
  • name factors affecting water availability
    geology, poverty, climate, pollution
  • where is the small scale project?
    Hitosa, Ethiopia
  • describe the small scale water project
    there is a gravity fed pump from mount bada '4000m' to village
  • how did small scale project benefit people?
    benefits women and children who used to collect water and 67,000 people benfitted
  • what and where is the large scale water project?
    china, SNWTP
  • Describe the SNWTP
    It was from Yangtzee to yellow river
  • how did the SNWTP benefit people?
    benefitted Beijng by using water for industry factories
  • give two disadvantages of the SNWTP
    350,000 were displaced and it cost 62 billion dollars
  • how to solve uneven development
    aid, investment (multiplier effect) and tourism
  • why is India important?
    Bollywood, TNCS (Coca Cola), trade
  • how to solve north south divide (wealth divide)
    northern powerhouse (increases life expectnacy and grows middle class)
  • give information on science parks
    100 of them in UK 'Largest in Cambridge'