Case Studies (physical)

    Cards (17)

    • us fracking
      areas introduced saw increase in average income of 10-20%
    • Russian gas
      2nd largest producer
      3 of 4 pipelines through ukrain
    • Madagascar
      1950: 12m hectars, 1985: 6m hectars
      over 400tonnes of soil erosion per year clogging rivers
    • Malaysia
      joined eu forest law enforcement
      half of forest fully protected
      palm oil producers going for higher yield
    • Amazon Droughts
      2023 drough, river rio negro lowest level recorded
      el nino
      drought becoming more common happening in 2004, 10
    • River Nile
      1929 water agreement(Egypt,syria)
      1999 basin initiative
      grand Ethiopian renaissance dam
      generates 16000 gwh/y
    • Murray darling basin
      produces $7bn annually
      2002 first step decision, 2007 water act
      put $13bn water scheme
      2006 big dry, 30% country rain deficient
    • energy mixes, USA France
      us 3/4 FF, France 1/4 FF 70% nuclear
      us self sufficient and secure
      France imports 1/2 primary energy
    • holderness coast
      soft porous rock
      long fetch, strong LSD
      29 Villages lost since roman times
      groynes/rock armour built
      2-6m lost in winter months
      tourism 30% down since 1998
      cuts off sediment downstream (easington and mappleton)
    • 1953 UK storm surge
      307 deaths in England
      72000 evacuated
      £50m damages (1.2bn now)
      24000 homes destoyed
    • 2013 storm Xavier
      2 deaths
      £100m damages
      East Coast railway suspended for a day
    • Bangladesh
      60% land less than 10 above SL
      20m people less than 1m
      0.5m rise loses 8000km^2
      25 cyclone shelters built
      10.5 people displaced since 2004 floods
      $290m crop damages in 2004
    • Withernsea
      hold the line approach
      £7m scheme, 400m of coastline
      cut off sediment downstream (easingon) which meant more defence had to be built
    • 2010 Haiti Earthquake
      Magnitude 7 Earthquake
      Deaths: 230,000
      Displaced 1.3 Million
      People affected: at least 3 billion
      Damage: 8 billion
      Senegal allowed refugees
    • the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake
      magnitude 9
      15000 dead, 120000 homes destroyed
      $200-300bn economic loss
      led germany to cancel nuclear program
    • 2010 Chile tsunami
      magnitude 8.8
      500 deaths
      slow warnings
      $30bn losses
      widespread looting
      port badly damaged
    • the phillipines
      1991 Mt pintubo eruption and typhoon yunga
      700 dead
      200000 homeless
      agriculture destoyed by lahars
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