AS Geography Edexcel other case studies for "The world of risk"

What type of plate boundary is new Zealand on?

The [blank_start]6.3[blank_end] magnitude earthquake stuck New Zealand at [blank_start]12:51[blank_end] on the 22nd February 2011. The quake killed [blank_start]181[blank_end] and injured [blank_start]2,000[blank_end]. It was a result of a earlier more powerful earthquake in 2010 however this stuck in a sparsely populated area so the effects were less severe. This quake took place in [blank_start]Christchurch.[blank_end]

A huge glacier near New Zealand broke forming a huge iceburg

How much of Bangladesh is below 1 meter of sea level

Bangladesh gets flooded regularly due to the Himalayas and it being low lying land.

Typhoon Koppu hit on the 18th October 2015?

During Typhoon Koppu [blank_start]9,000[blank_end] people were evacuated and there were [blank_start]52[blank_end] deaths as a result of this. It caused [blank_start]4[blank_end] landslides and cut power for [blank_start]9[blank_end] million people. [blank_start]30[blank_end] flights were cancelled as a result of this.

Tick all true impacts about the 2006 Hengchun earthquakes

Lewes was built on clay. Which is impermeable meaning less can be absorbed and increases surface run of.

In 2000, in Lewes, [blank_start]150[blank_end] mm of of rain fell within [blank_start]12[blank_end] hours. there were [blank_start]3[blank_end] days of consistent before the floods. Nobody dies but [blank_start]613[blank_end] homes flooded and [blank_start]1,000[blank_end] people were evacuated. £ [blank_start]88[blank_end] million was the total cost of flooding and the number of businesses.

The Kyoto protocol was in what year?

The EU will not meet the 8% reduction set

All counties signed up for the Protocol

The pairs climate change conference was in 2015 and in Le Bourgeut