Physical Geography Case studies
Eyjafjoell, Iceland –
Volcanic eruption
Haiti, Caribbean
- earthquake
River Vyrnwy, UK –
water supply, dam
River Severn,
Gloucester, UK –
river flooding
Mappleton,
Holderness –
rapid coastal
erosion
Yellowstone,
USA supervolcano
Andes Mts, S
America – Fold
Mountains
Winterton on Sea,
UK – sand dune
succession
Japan Tsunami
Bangladesh – River
Flooding, Sea level rise
and Coastal Flooding
Kobe,
Japan –
Earthquake
Mt Pinatubo, Philippines
– Volcanic eruption
Human Geography Case studies
Eastern Europe to
UK - migration
Blackpool, UK
– tourism,
resort life cycle
Norwich, UK
(Riverside)sustainable city,
landuse zones
France – Aging
Population,
Stage 5
China – One
Child Policy
Dubai,
UAE tourism
Mexico
to USA Migration
Kibera,
Kenya –
squatter
settlements
Brazil –
NE to SE Internal
Migration, Favelas
Kenya tourism
Galapagos Islands,
S America ecotourism
Kerela, India –
Population Control
Norfolk Broads and Lake District,
UK – National Parks
Antarctica –
Extreme tourism
Eyjafjoell, Iceland 2010
95,000 flights cancelled, 313 airports closed, 2010,
9,000m ash cloud
River Severn, Gloucester 2007
£200mill, 2000 evacuated, 120mm in 24hrs, Plynlimon
Hills, bowsers, river rose by 1-4
Haiti, Caribbean
2mill homeless, 200,000 died, 90% of buildings
destroyed
Bangladesh River 1998
1050 died, monsoon, 60% of country flooded,
11,000km roads, $2bill cost, Nepal, snowmelt
Yellowstone, USA
Supervolcano, caldera, 1000m³ material emitted
5miles below ground, VEI 8, hot spot
River Vyrnwy, Wales
Transfer water, 1881
Andes Mts, S. America
Farming terraces, tin mining, Yanachocha gold mine,
HEP, tourism Machu Picchu
Kobe, Japan 1995
5,500 people died, 180,000 buildings detsroyed, 20km
from epicentre, liquefactiona nd fire, 7.2 richter scale,
Hanshin Highway
Mt Pinatubo, Indonesia 1991
600km radius, $1/2bill, 250,000 evacuated, 30km ash
cloud, 5000 buildings collapse, Typhoon Yunya,
lahars, 1991/2 harvests detsroyed
Japan – Tsunami
8.9 richter scale, 1m high 500mph, nuclear power
explosions Fukushima, Sangai destroyed
Mappleton, Holderness
2m/yr erosion, B1242, LSD N to S, £2mill on defence,
10m/yr to S, boulder clay
Bangladesh Coastal Flooding
75% less than 10m above sea level, tropical cyclones,
storm surges, sea level rise
Winterton on Sea , UK
Sand dune succession, pioneer plants, humus
Blackpool, UK
Century for factory workers, Golden Mile,
stagnation and rejuvenation, super casino bid would
have resulted in £2bill investment
Kerela, India
Contraception and social changes, BR 18, Life Exp
73, Adult literacy 91%, Right to Literacy, minimum
wages and land distributed
Dubai, UAE
10 million visitors, duty free shopping, diving
Antarctica
Started in 1950s, 46,00 tourists, extreme environment,
Antarctica Peninsula, SSSI, limit no 500+ ships
China, Asia
One Child Policy, 1970s baby boom and possible
famine, 1979 policy marry later, one child, sterilised,
salary increase if follow with housing and other
financial benefits, Little Emperors, Granny Police,
1billion people
Kenya, Africa
Leakage, development, Mombasa, Mt Kenya and
Kilimanjaro, safari, informal sector, $800 million over
50% of GDP
Brazil, S America
Migration form NE to SE, drought polygon, industrial
triangle, Favelas, Morros, Perfieria, Rocinha, 90% pop
in coastal are, Brasilia
Lake District, UK
Glaical area, honeypot sites Dovedale, Windermere,
12 million visitors, 89% visitors come by car, 20%
propoerty is second homes,
France, Europe
Aging Pop, Stage 5 DTM, 3 years maternity pay, full
time schooling from 3years old, early retirement if
Mexico to USA
have child, BR 12 and falling
Galapagos Islands, S America
1000km off west coast S America, 90% of islands are
national parks, Galapagos Conservation trust receives
% of tourist payment, small tour boats 10-16 people,
knock on effect
E Europe to UK
European Union, 600,000 moved in two years, earn 5
times more, many Polish, low skilled and poorly paid
jobs (facotroy workers, cleaners),
19th
Kibera, Kenya
1 million people, 60% of Nairobi is slum, Push and
Pull, HIV Aids, sewers, dysentery, Self Help, Low cost
imporvements
Norwich, UK
Riverside, sustainable, urban sprawl, A47, park and
ride,
Impossible Facts
$2billion
Bangladesh
Floods
£200million
Gloucester
floods
180,000
buildings
destroyed
Kobe
5,500 died
Kobe
LSD N to S
Mappleton
600km radius
Mt Pinatubo
2000
Gloucester
evacuated
2 million
homeless
Haiti
11,000km
roads
95,000
flights
cancelled
Iceland
2m/year
Mappleton
Erosion
10m/year
Mappleton
erosion to S
120mm in 24 hrs
Gloucester
rainfall
9,000m ash
cloud Iceland
75% less
than 10m
above sea
level
Bangladesh
60% country
flooded
Bangladesh
$0.5 billion
Mt
Pinatubo
1050
Bangladesh
deaths
7.2 1995
Kobe
Plynlimon
250,000
evacuated
Mt
Pinatubo
200,000 dead
Haiti
1000m³
material
Yellowstone
313 airports
closed Iceland
£2million
defence
Impossible Facts
$2billion
£200million
5,500
95,000
2m/year
180,000
60%
$0.5 billion
10m/year
1050
200,000
N to S
2000
2 million
600km
120mm in 24 hrs
11,000km
75% less
than 10m
9,000m
7.2 1995
Plynlimon
250,000
1000m³
313
£2million
Impossible Terms
3 Ooo’s
Monsoon
Favelas
Boulder
Clay
Liquefaction
Wetbacks
Tsunami
Coca Cola
Effect
Honey
Pot
Greenbelt
Golden
Mile
Butler
Leakage
Morro
Perceived
Push
Little
Emperors
Plynlimon
Drought
Polygon
Ageing
Population
Urban
Sprawl
Lahar
Baby
Boom
Snowmelt
Granny
Police
Industrial
Triangle
Centrifugal
Force