Geography

Subdecks (2)

Cards (182)

  • Kenya - High population growth
    3.9 births per woman
    Population tripled in 50 years
  • Russia - Population Decline
    2016 Birth and death rates were equal
  • Bangladesh - Overpopulated
    1128 people per km2
  • Australia - Underpopulated
    3 people per km2
  • USA to Mexico - Migrations
    1 in 10 Mexican citizens live in the US half of them illegally
  • France - Pro natalist
    After policies population increase of 0.2%
  • China - Anti Natalist
    1.16 births per woman
    Men outnumber women by 60 million
  • Rio De Janeiro - city improvements
    14,000 deaths from air pollution
    Rocinha has a population of 75,000
    $200 million spent on self help schemes by the Brazilian government
  • Gambia - High dependent population
    92:100 dependency ratio
  • Canada - sparsely populated
    4 people per km2
  • Eastern USA - Densely populated
    Greater New York has a population of 19.6 million
  • Monserrat Soufriere Hill - Volcano
    1/3 of island evacuated including largest settlement (Plymouth)
  • Chile - earthquake
    8.8 magnitude
    500 dead
    Cost $30 billion
  • Christchurch - Earthquake (MEDC)
    7.1 then 6.3 magnitude
    2nd earthquake 185 people dead
  • Ganges
    2150km long
    1998 flood 1,000 died
    Flood action plan built 5,000 food stores
  • Holderness Coastline - coastline
    erodes at 2m per year
    4.7km sea wall at Bridlington
    Rock armour introduced at Mapleton
  • Typhoon Haiyan - typhoon
    November 2013
    70-80% of buildings destroyed
    Category 5
  • Sonoran desert - desert
    32 degrees north
    Contains kangaroo rat and saguaro cactus
  • Danum valley conservation area - conservation area + rainforest
    120 mammal species
    In Borneo
  • Tata Group - TNC
    60% of revenue generated outside India
  • Ganges Valley - Agricultural system
    rice makes up 75% of the diets in the region
  • Bangalore - Industrial zone
    13 million people
  • China - energy supply
    22,500 generated by three gorges dam
    64% coal, then oil, hydroelectric, gas, nuclear renewables
  • USA - water problems
    1.85 trillion litres taken from Colorado rivers and given to Arizona due to central Arizona project (CAP)
  • Pearl River Delta - Environmental Risk of Economic Development
    Size of Belgium
    27% of Chinas exports
    8 out of every 10 rainfalls were acid rain
    40% of waste water is not treated