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