EDEXCEL A LEVEL GEOGRAPHY - paper
1 case studies.
Nile Delta: issues - (correct answer) - 95% of population in the area
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retreating coastline vb
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3.3% of the land expected to be lost
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32.4% highly vulnerable
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Nile Delta: sea level rise - (correct answer) -
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1m will destroy 2 million hectares of fertile land + displace 1 million people
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Nile Delta: management - (correct answer) - Aswan Dam constructed 1964
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UN development programme to implement an integrated coastal zone management plan
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North Sea storm surge: - (correct answer) - December 2013
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Reached 6.3m at highest vb vb vb
18,000 evacuated vb vb
£1.7 billion in damages
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Australia: risk - (correct answer) - Half of the coast at risk - but 10cm rise would triple that
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Australia: sea level rise - (correct answer) -
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1m sea level rise would expose $162 billion of infrastructure to coastal flooding
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loss of barrier reef, saltwater intrusion, fisheries & tourism ($30 billion)
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Phillipines: - (correct answer) - 5.8mm rise p.a. vb vb vb vb vbvb vb vb vb
$6.5 billion lost p.a.
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1m sea level rise would affect 2.3 million people and cost $23.7 million in damage.
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, Bangladesh: meteorological cause - (correct answer) - Very flood prone
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deltas + floodplains
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swollen twice a year due to snowmelt from Himalayas + Monsoon
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Pakistan: environmental impacts - (correct answer) - 2010
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floods destroyed 7 million hectares of fertile land and destroyed habitats
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Australia: drought event - (correct answer) - 2002-2009
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Murray-Darling river basin vb vb
Caused by: ENSO cycles, irregular rainfall, over abstraction
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Australia: drought impacts - (correct answer) - Suicide rates soared
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Water bills rose 20%
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Food prices rose
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10,000 cotton workers out of jobs
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40% reliant on agriculture
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Wildfires
Creeks and rivers dried up
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Australia: drought management - (correct answer) - - Recycle water
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$400-600 p.f. - financial assistance -$1.7 million per day
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- Subsidised rainwater storage tanks
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- Ban on car washing
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- built a desalination plant
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- made more efficient irrigation systems
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Sahel: drought event - (correct answer) - 2011-12
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Just below Sahara
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Cause:
Desertification
1 case studies.
Nile Delta: issues - (correct answer) - 95% of population in the area
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retreating coastline vb
increased coastal flooding vb vb vb
3.3% of the land expected to be lost
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32.4% highly vulnerable
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Nile Delta: sea level rise - (correct answer) -
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1m will destroy 2 million hectares of fertile land + displace 1 million people
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Nile Delta: management - (correct answer) - Aswan Dam constructed 1964
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UN development programme to implement an integrated coastal zone management plan
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North Sea storm surge: - (correct answer) - December 2013
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Reached 6.3m at highest vb vb vb
18,000 evacuated vb vb
£1.7 billion in damages
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800,0000 homes saved vb vb
Australia: risk - (correct answer) - Half of the coast at risk - but 10cm rise would triple that
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Australia: sea level rise - (correct answer) -
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1m sea level rise would expose $162 billion of infrastructure to coastal flooding
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loss of barrier reef, saltwater intrusion, fisheries & tourism ($30 billion)
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Phillipines: - (correct answer) - 5.8mm rise p.a. vb vb vb vb vbvb vb vb vb
$6.5 billion lost p.a.
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1m sea level rise would affect 2.3 million people and cost $23.7 million in damage.
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, Bangladesh: meteorological cause - (correct answer) - Very flood prone
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deltas + floodplains
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swollen twice a year due to snowmelt from Himalayas + Monsoon
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Pakistan: environmental impacts - (correct answer) - 2010
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floods destroyed 7 million hectares of fertile land and destroyed habitats
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Australia: drought event - (correct answer) - 2002-2009
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Murray-Darling river basin vb vb
Caused by: ENSO cycles, irregular rainfall, over abstraction
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Australia: drought impacts - (correct answer) - Suicide rates soared
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Water bills rose 20%
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Food prices rose
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10,000 cotton workers out of jobs
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40% reliant on agriculture
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Wildfires
Creeks and rivers dried up
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Australia: drought management - (correct answer) - - Recycle water
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$400-600 p.f. - financial assistance -$1.7 million per day
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- Subsidised rainwater storage tanks
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- Ban on car washing
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- built a desalination plant
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- made more efficient irrigation systems
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Sahel: drought event - (correct answer) - 2011-12
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Just below Sahara
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Cause:
Desertification
