Zusammenfassung der Ressource
GCSE Geography Case Studies (OCR)
- POPULATION & SETTLEMENT
- China - One child policy
- Immigration
- UK North-South migration
- Poland-UK immigration
- Rochina-RIo - rural-urban migration
- Redevelopment
- London Docklands
- Greenwich Millenium ViIlage
- RIVERS & COASTS
- Flooding
- Boscastle MEDC
- Bangladesh LEDC
- Place Specifics
- Situated in Asia, surrounded by India
- 140 million people live on the
floodplains
- Next to the delta of 3 main rivers:
Ganges, Brahmaputra, Meghna
- Causes
- Melting snow on
Himalayas in
Summer
- Silt in the rivers
block the
channel
- Deforestation in the Himalayas
increase surface run-off
- Population increase
meaning more land in
urbanised
- Effects
- Social
- 22 million people made homeless
- Poisonous snakes in the water caused many deaths
- Death toll: 1,679
- No clean water leading to the spread of disease
- Emergency services couldn't reach the affected areas
- Economic
- £3.9 billion in damage
- £2billion lost in disrupted business
- Environmental
- Land became saturated
causing the death of 2 million
tonnes of plants/crops
- Management/Responses
- Long Term
- Short Term
- Coastal landforms
- Blakeny Point spit
- Hurst Castle erosion
- Rivers
- River Tees
- SHOPPING PATTERNS
& CHANGES
- Metro Centre, Newcastle
- NATURAL HAZARDS
- Volcanoes
- Earthquakes
- Droughts
- Tropical Storms