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Edexcel A-Level Geography - Paper 3 - Advance Information Topics Why might the level of wealth and development affect the impacts of tectonic hazards? - ANS - High levels of wealth can lead to more investment in preparedness, e.g. Japan's aseismic building architecture - Increasing poverty often leads to more shanty towns, which don't have proper building codes and are often built in vulnerable locations, e.g. favelas in Rio, Brazil Why might geographical isolation increase a pop...

Why might the level of wealth and development affect the impacts of tectonic hazards? - Answer - High levels of wealth can lead to more investment in preparedness, e.g. Japan's aseismic building architecture - Increasing poverty often leads to more shanty towns, which don't have proper building codes and are often built in vulnerable locations, e.g. favelas in Rio, Brazil Why might geographical isolation increase a population's vulnerability? - Answer More isolated communities will ...

GCSE Geography AQA: Human Geography Questions and Answers Graded A+ What is urbanisation? The growth of a country's population living In an urban area What percentage of the world are urbanised? More than 50% (3.9 billion) of the world live in urban areas Why does urbanisation vary around the world? It varies between HIC which are more economically developed and LIC which are less economically developed. HIC have been industrialised so people already live in city's. What causes urbanisation...

Final Exam Hud Certification Study Test annihilation of space by law (don mitchell) - CORRECT ANSWER-elimination of space to live, sit, and take care of oneself if there is no house or home to do so; outlawed sleeping in public places, panhandling, bathing in public bathrooms; does nothing to address systemic issues; favoring image over needs of people core housing - CORRECT ANSWER-core structure where a family could live while they built out the rest of their home - UN strategy that w...

Geography Project P GEOG 200-D07 Geography Project Plan Liberty University GEOG 200-D07 Introduction My mission is to give the homeless of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a safe place to stay by working with local nonprofit organizations to stop the increase in numbers. General Overview and Rationale Homelessness transpires daily on an international level. This has been a long and increasing issue within Rio de Janeiro, brazil. Rio reported a 150% increase from 2014-2017. One of the leading cau...

Black in Latin America E02, Brazil: A Racial Paradise As you watch this film please consider how the history of race in Brazil relates to the history of race in the US. Come prepared to discuss this in class. 1. Brazil has the second largest black population in the world and is the last country in the western hemisphere to abolish slavery. 2. In Brazil there are over one hundred categories that people use to describe what color they are. 3. Almost 500 years ago the Portuguese enslaved p...

This is a complete set of A* City of God revision notes for WJEC Eduqas Film Studies A Level. The document is organised into the core study areas (film form, meaning & response, context), along with extensive key scene analysis.

patterns of suburbanisation differ vastly between LIC and HIC cities. To what extent do you agree with this statement? - comparison - ANSWER-similarities: -some suburbs close to city = wealthier suburbs in both cities, e.g Rio's richest = close to CBD differences: -London = fairly affluent, v accessible = -caught in suburban limbo, often found in Zones 2/3 = too quick into central on tube to be suburb (by OG def) -Rio = some middle class BUT also favelas (poor locations) patterns of s...

Everything you need to know about the Rio Case Study for AQA GCSE Geography Paper 2. It goes through specific details which will give you information that allows you to achieve high marks in the 6 and 9 mark questions.

Edexcel A-Level Geography - Paper 3 - Advance Information Topics Why might the level of wealth and development affect the impacts of tectonic hazards? - ANS - High levels of wealth can lead to more investment in preparedness, e.g. Japan's aseismic building architecture - Increasing poverty often leads to more shanty towns, which don't have proper building codes and are often built in vulnerable locations, e.g. favelas in Rio, Brazil Why might geographical isolation increase a population's vu...