Case Studies

Here is the information you were given in class about the extra case studies homeworks.
Case Study Instructions Jan09

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Changing towns and cities

1. Look at the powerpoint below for an outline as to what you would expect to find in the CBD and why. If you can't see it below click here to view it.

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2. Read about the Inner City here and about the CBD here. (Thanks Mr Chambers!)

3. What are urban issues in MEDCs? Find out from the BBC here and here

4. Redevelopment
The last link started to talk about redevelopment in the London Docklands but you'll need more information. The movie here will help too.

5. More about urban renewal and managing CBDs, including traffic management.

Rural-urban migration in LEDCs

1. You can find an overview of urbanisation here and information about urban growth in LEDCs here.

2. This short movie shows you about the push and pull factors that result in the migration to the cities in Brazil and shows you some of the conditions in the favelas (shanty towns).

Follow this with urban problems in Sao Paulo (Brazil) and actions taken to improve the living conditions in Rio.

3. We also looked at Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya in class. Click here and scroll down to find the Nairobi BBC Bitesize clip then look here for the problems assoiated with living in a shanty town like Kibera.

Population change

1. Some background information first of all from the BBC and S-Cool (you don't need the section on population distribution).

2. For information on population structures and the demographic transition model see here and here (You don't need the 'you should be able to' points on this last link - this is for a different syllabus). Thanks to Richard Allaway from the International School in Toulouse, France for this last link.

Also have a look at the powerpoint below but if you can't view it click here to see it.

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Click here and scroll down to see the BBC Bitesize clip on population pyramids.

3. The problems of an ageing population
Watch this short film , listen to this podcast and check out the links on the main Geography blog here

4. What can be done to reduce the birth rate in LEDCs?

In class we looked at two contrasting approaches in Kerala, India and China's One Child Policy.

There are links to several articles on the Geography blog here, including measures MEDCs are taking to try to encourage people to have more children (you need to know this too!)

Click here and scroll down to see the BBC Bitesize clips on population measures in China and Kerala.

More on Kerala and more about China's One Child Policy

Pressures on the physical environment

We chose to look at a glaciated area (Lake District National Park) and a limestone area (the Peak District National Park). Other classes may have done a coastal area for a second case study instead.

1. For the Lake District and glaciation start with the Bitesize revision notes and S-Cool's section on glaciation (You don't need all the sections here but use your classwork notes as a guide to what you need to know)

2. Click here and scroll down to access the BBC Bitesize clip about Tourism in National Parks. Here are some notes on tourism in National Parks - a bit brief perhaps but a good starting point and a map to show the location of national parks is here

3. Limestone! Learn all about limestone here and here. This section from S-Cool is useful for a bit more information about weathering processes.

4. Two short films about tourism in the Peak District from other Geography teachers can be found here and here.

Weather hazards

Most of this section looks at the effects of, and management of floods and tropical storms (hurricanes, cyclones) in LEDCs and MEDCs.

1. This animated guide to hurricane formation is a good starting point. Go to this BBC webpage and click on the first short clip to show how a hurricane is formed.

2. Revision notes from S-Cool can be found here and there is more on tropical storms here and here.

3. A podcast on a cyclone hitting Bangladesh is here.

4. The video below from You Tube compares Hurricane Katrina (which hit MEDC) and Hurricane Mitch (which hit LEDCs). You would need more information for your case studies but the film will go with your (hopefully) completed case studies in class!


An excellent, in-depth look at Hurricane Katrina from the BBC.

Flooding

5. For information on the Bangladesh floods of 1998 see here from Mr Chambers. Bangledesh experiences flooding every year but the 1998 floods were particularly severe.

6. Mr Chamber's section on the Boscastle floods is here and the powerpoint below shows flooding in the north of England last summer (thanks to a Geography teacher in Cambridgeshire for this). If yo can't view the powerpoint below click here to view it.

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Unstable plate margins

1. Mr Chambers, Head of Geography at St Ivo School, Cambridgeshire has several excellent sections that will help you: An introduction to plate tectonics can be found here.. For information on the different plate boundaries click here. Animations of the movement at the different plate boundaries is here.. A podcast about tectonics is here.

The BBC Bitesize section on plate tectonics is useful, as are the revision notes from S-Cool. (You don't need all the sections here).

A plate tectonics revision list, including games can be found here

2. Comparing the effects of earthquakes in MEDCs and LEDCs is here and look at this section on preparing for earthquakes .

3. You will need also causes and prediction of earthquakes and the prediction of volcanic activity.

4. Volcanoes: Where they are found and why is here

5. Case studies: Mount St Helens 1980 (volcanic eruption in MEDC) from Mr Chambers is here. If you like podcasts try this one.

Mt Pinatubo 1991 (volcanic eruption in LEDC): A 44 second film from You Tube shows some of the effects of this eruption on the surrounding area and on the USA's air base that was evacuated.

Further details on this eruption can be found here and here.

In class we did the eruptions on Montserrat - its fine to use this instead if you classwork notes are detailed enough!

You need examples of earthquakes in LEDCs and MEDCs.

Kobe, Japan, 1995 - this BBC page has some outline details and a link to a short film clip. There is a podcast here if you prefer listening to watching!

Kashmir (Pakistan) earthquake - A powerpoint from another Geography teacher: (Slideshare is playing up at the moment and doesn't like embedding powerpoints - no idea why! If the powerpoint doesn't show below click here to view it instead.)

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and some more details (from yet another geographer!) here.

The Kashmir earthquake from You Tube


If you prefer the Bam earthquake in Iran try this.
If you want information on the San francisco earthquake of 1989 go here.

6. Finally (!) Animated guides to earthquakes and volcanoes from the BBC.

Managing Economic Development

1. Chernobyl nuclear accident: Click here to watch a short movie about Chernobyl.

This is a Greenpeace video from You Tube about the Chernobyl accident:


2. Comprehensive information on the Bhopal industrial accident can be fround on the BBC website and there is some information on the main Geography department blog here.

3. Oil pollution - click here

4. Acid rain - an excellent case study from Mr Chambers (Geography teacher) can be found here

5. Global warming, acid rain and ozone depletion (very cheery!) from S-Cool can be found here

6. Global warming:
Click here to view it on slideshare if you can't see it below:

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A short movie showing the effects of climate change is here

and my short film on the Stern report (from Oct 07 - about climate change and the possible global effects) is available to view here

Global Eye magazine has a useful section on climate change, including international agreements here

This from Revision World is useful for those aiming for the higher grades - especially the case study of Hurricane Katrina which you use in anothersection of the course as well.

and finally -if you prefer podcasts...... global warming podcast

Case Studies

A list of the case studies you'll probably need!

GCSE Geography Case Studies

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