Geography Case studies

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Primary effects of New Zealand Earthquake 2011
6.3 magnitude
1.5% of GDP lost in economical costs
50% of buildings in city needing repair
185 killed
Secondary effects of NZ earthquake 2011 
4000 tonnes of liquefaction produced - causing further damage to buildings, roads and property
Airport flights cancelled
Responses to NZ 2011 
Hospitals survived - full plan in 24hours
80% of electricity restored in 5 days
Water restored in 1 week
27k chemical toilets flown in
Nepal 2015 earthquake primary effects
Magnitude 7.8
8million+ affected
9000 killed
30% of GDP in economic loss
Nepal 2015 earthquake secondary effects 
Landslides covered whole villages
100k left homeless
1.5 million affected by food shortages
Triggered an avalanche on Mount Everest killing 20 tourists
Decrease in tourists to area
Responses to the Nepal Earthquake 2015 
Tent cities in Kathmandu
Survivors fend for themselves in first 24h
Frontier Sans Medicin hospital inflatable 5 days later
Reliant on aid and donations - Red Cross and EU
When was Typhoon Haiyan and where did it affect?
2013 November, sea surface temp was 28.9 C, western Pacific Ocean, mainly affected Philippines
What were the primary impacts of Typhoon Haiyan?
- 6000 deaths
- 71,000 hectares of farmland destroyed
- 1.1 million houses damaged
What were the secondary effects of Typhoon Haiyan?
- High economic losses due to businesses being damaged or closed and development stopped : $12 billion lost
- 1.9 million homeless and 6 million displaced
- electric outages for up to a month
Responses to Typhoon Haiyan? 
- Initially PAGASA (the Philippines' meteorological society) broadcast warnings two days before Haiyan hit leading to 750,000 people being successfully evacuated
- The Philippines declared 'A State of National Calamity' and asked for international aid immediately after the typhoon hit
- The UK government supplied food, shelter, clean water, medicine and other supplies for 800,000 victims
- Charities provided emergency aid in the long term aiding people to get their livelihood's back by rebuilding boats and dispersing rice seeds
- The United Nations made an international aid appeal for £500 million in December 2013
- NGO shelter boxes and USNS hospital ship provided
When was the Beast from the East?
24th Feb -2nd March 2018
What caused the Beast from the East? 
Arctic air mass from Russia
Anticyclonic conditions from Siberia
What were the primary impacts of BFTE? 
Lows of -12'c in rural areas
10 deaths linked to cold
Wind speeds of 70km
20cm of snowfall in 3 days
50cm of snow on high ground - Dartmoor
What were the secondary impacts of BTFE?
- queuing for up to 13 hours on the A31~ many left their cars - creating impassable traffic
- AA predict 8000 collisions
- hundreds stranded
Responses to Beast from the East 
Armed forces rescued stranded drivers
- 10 RAF vehicles
- 200 NHS staff deployed
- flights and trains cancelled for 4 days
- met office issued a red weather warning
- Red Cross gave out blankets at Glasgow airport
- Schools closed for more than a day (125 in N Yorkshire and 330+ Kent)
An example of sustainable management?
Malaysia
How does Malaysia sustainably manage?
- creation of National Park System to preserve biodiversity
- 'Permanent Rainforest Estates' are protected areas of land by law
- Selective logging / 40 year cycle to allow trees to re-establish: Selective Management System
- rubber trees encouraged as an alternate timber source
What is an example of a desertified area to show opportunity and challenges?
That Desert, Rajasthan, India
Opportunity of the Thar Desert
Minerals like gypsum can be used for cement, tourism camels for money with tour guides through the diverse national park, energy development solar panels, farming crops like wheat
Challenges of the Thar desert 
- Extreme weather: 50'c in summer months, hard to work to generate money
- water supply: only 120-240mm rainfall per year
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