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Ch.6 Disappearing Green Canopy – Who should pay for the massive deforestation in rainforest regions?
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Ch.7 Global Warming – Is it fact or fiction? Elective Part : Elective 1 Elective 2 Elective 3 Elective 4 Dynamic Earth: the building of Hong Kong Weather and Climate Transport Development, Planning and Management Regional Study of Zhujiang (Pearl River) Delta
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Living with our physical environment
Living with our physical environment
1. Opportunities and Risks – Is it rational to live in hazard-prone areas?
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b. • plate collision • along destructive margin • great friction is found along plate margin • rocks fracture • release energy • vertical displacement of seafloor • big sea waves are resulted • waves are piled up nearshore (Any four)
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c. The number of deaths in Indonesia is larger • • due to higher population density d. (i) Buildings collapse • • Spread of infectious disease • Farmland drowned • Interruption of power supply (Any two)
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Getting 5** in 9 weeks: Geography
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• Evacuation areas are set up • Improved relief work • Better landuse to avoid development in