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All skeleton Revision Cards for Geography
Case studies
Restless Earth1. Young fold Mountains - Alps2. Tsunami – Asian Boxing Day one3. Supervolcano – Yellowstone4. Volcano – Montserrat5. Earthquakes – Nepal (LEDC) and ??? (MEDC)
CASE STUDY: The Alps (young fold
mountains)
How people use the Alps
How people adapt to
conditions in the Alps
Adaption to steep relief
Adaption to poor communications
Adaption to poor soils
How young fold
mountains are formed
Agriculture
HEP
Tourism Forestry
PSI: Where?
RESTLESS EARTH
CASE STUDY: Tsunami – a
secondary effect of an earthquake
Causes of a Tsunami
Effects of a Tsunami
Responses to a Tsunami
Short term
Long term
Social effects
Environmental effects
Economic effects
PSI: Where?When?
RESTLESS EARTH
CASE STUDY: Supervolcano
Characteristics of a
supervolcano
GLOBAL Effects of
supervolcano
Social effects
Environmental effects
Economic effects
PSI: Where?When? (not yet)
RESTLESS EARTH
CASE STUDY: Volcanic eruption
Causes of the eruption
Effects of the eruption
Responses to the
eruption
Short term
Long term
Social effects
Environmental effects
Economic effects
PSI: Where?When?
RESTLESS EARTH
CASE STUDY: Earthquakes in
LEDC and MEDC what & why the
differences?
Cause of the earthquakes
Effects of the quakes
Responses to the quakes
Short term
Long term
Social effects
Environmental effects
Economic effects
PSI: Where?When?
Fit 2 case studies in one here as the question will ask you to compare them.
RESTLESS EARTH
Tourism1. Tourism in a UK coastal town - Blackpool2. Mass tourism in a tropical area - Kenya3. Sustainable tourism – Kenya4. Extreme tourism - Antarctica
CASE STUDY: Blackpool – A UK
coastal resort
Reasons it grew
Plans to ensure
Blackpool’s future success
Effectiveness of dealing with large
numbers of tourists
PSI: Where?
TOURISM
Human factors
Natural/Physical factors
I think you can combine these two boxes into one
CASE STUDY: Mass Tourism in
Kenya
Negative Effects of
Mass Tourism
Managing impacts of
tourism (Being Sustainable)
Positive Effects of
Mass Tourism
Social
Economic
Social effects
Environmental effects
Economic effects
PSI: Where?
Define Mass Tourism
Tourism
EnvironmentalSocial
Economic
Environmental
CASE STUDY: Ecotourism - the Masai Mara Base
Camp
Benefits of Ecotourism
How does Ecotourism
contribute to Sustainable
Development?
Define Sustainable Development
PSI: Where?
Tourism
EnvironmentalSocial
Economic
CASE STUDY: Antarctica – An
Extreme Environment For
Tourism
Attractions of Antarctica
as a destination
Managing impacts of
tourism (Being Sustainable)
The Impacts of tourism
on Antarctica
PSI: Where?When?
Tourism
Can Antarctica cope with
increased tourist numbers?
Coastal Zone1. Rapid coastal Erosion - Holderness2. Coastal Management - Holderness3. Sea Level rise - Maldives4. Unique coastal ecosystem – Studland
CASE STUDY: Holderness – Rapid Coastal Erosion AND management
Why does the coast erode so quickly here?
Effects of rapid erosion
How can people make the situation
worse?
Effect of groynes further down the coast
Social effects
Environmental effects
PSI: Where?
COASTAL ZONE
nb/ 2 cases studies combined
The coasts and benefits of different
coastal defences along Holderness
CASE STUDY: Maldives Sea
level Rise
Reasons for Sea Level
Rise
Social and economic Impacts
Environmental impacts
PSI: Where?
COASTAL ZONE
Political Impacts
CASE STUDY: Studland –
Unique Coastal Environment
Environmental characteristics
How plants and animals
adapt to charateristics
PSI: Where?
COASTAL ZONE
Managing the area: conflicts
and sustainability
Water on the Land1. River flood in a LEDC - Bangladesh2. River flood in a MEDC – River Severn3. UK Reservoir or Dam – Rutland Water
CASE STUDY: Bangladesh
Flood in a poorer part of the world
Short term Effects of the
flood
Responses to long term
effects
Long term effects of the
flood
PSI: Where?
When?
WATER ON THE LAND
Responses to short term
effects
1) Compare to flood in richer part of the world2) Do environmental, social and economic for each box
CASE STUDY: River Severn
Flood in a richer part of the world
Short term Effects of the
flood
Responses to long term
effects
Long term effects of the
flood
PSI: Where?
WATER ON THE LAND
Responses to short term
effects
1) Compare to flood in poorer part of the world2) Do environmental, social and economic for each box
CASE STUDY: Rutland Water –
example of a dam/reservoir
Economic effects of the
reservoir
The need for sustainability
in all this
Social effects of the
reservoir
PSI: Where?
When?
WATER ON THE LAND
Environmental effects of the
reservoir
Challenging Urban Environments1. Government policies in UK inner cities – London Docklands2. City Centre Renewal and traffic issues – Salisbury (not officially needed case study)
3. Sustainable Urban development – Bedzed4. a) Squatter Settlement – Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro and b) Improving
squatter settlements – Favela Bairro, Rio de Janeiro
CASE STUDY: London
Docklands – impact of
government strategies
Economic effects of
LDDC
The need for sustainability
in all this
Social effects of LDDC
PSI: Where?
CHANGING URBAN ENVIRONMENTS
Environmental effects of
LDDC
Look for positive and negative effects
CASE STUDY: Bedzed –
Sustainable Urban
Development
What makes a development
sustainable and to what extent does
Bedzed match this?
Social sustainability
PSI: Where?
CHANGING URBAN ENVIRONMENTS
Environmental sustainability
Housing?Transport?
It’s a brownfield site. So?Disposing of
waste?
Open Spaces?
People involved in decision making?
Transport system?
CASE STUDY: Rocinha –
Example of a squatter
settlement
Charactristics of Rocinha (housing transport crime etc)
Lives of inhabitants
PSI: Where?
CHANGING URBAN ENVIRONMENTS
How people try to improve their own lives
Quality of life
Standard of living
CASE STUDY: Favela Bairro –
example of improving a
squatter settlement
Economic improvements
Social improvements
PSI: Where?
CHANGING URBAN ENVIRONMENTS
Environmental improvements
Has it been a success?
Development Gap1. Fair trade Bananas in the Windward Islands2. Natural Hazard causing inequality/less development – Montserrat
or Bangladesh floods or Nepal Earthquake (choose one and adapt that skeleton card)
3. Case study of a development project – Water Aid in Uganda4. Contrasting development in the EU – UK and Poland
CASE STUDY: Windward Isles bananas - Fair trade at work
Economic advantages of Fair Trade
What is the fair trade premium?
Social advantages of
Fair Trade
PSI: Where?
DEVELOPMENT GAP
Environmental advantages of
Fair Trade
CASE STUDY: Water Aid in
Uganda – example of
international (and sustainable) aid
Economic advantages of Fair Trade
What is the fair trade premium?
Social advantages of
Fair Trade
PSI: Where?
DEVELOPMENT GAP
Environmental advantages of
Fair Trade
CASE STUDY:UK and Poland – contrasting levels of development
in the EU
Why is the UK a more developed
country than Poland?
PSI: Where?
DEVELOPMENT GAP
3 or 4 ways the EU is trying to
reduce inequality
Human Reasons Physical Reasons