The Boscastle Floods: August 16th 2004. Causes: Rain A hot day in August (16th 2004) Really torrential thunderstorm 60 mms in two hours Really tall convectional clouds The remnants of Hurricane Alex Valley shape Really steep sided deep valleys of the R. Valency and the R. Jordan The valleys funnel the water down towards Boscastle Small ‘flashy’ catchments that funnel water into rivers quickly. 23 sq. km. Rivers run off the high ground of Bodmin Moor (relief rainfall) Geology Impermeable
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Economic affect of flooding on the Pakistan economy The floods in Pakistan have amounted to an economic disaster for the country. The scale of the human tragedy is enormous. To put it in some perspective‚ the flood waters have submerged one-fifth of Pakistan; roughly an area the size of Florida culminating in 1600 dead‚ about 20 million people displaced and 17 million acres of farmland destroyed. Pakistan’s towns‚ villages‚ crops‚ livestock‚ personal possessions and infrastructure have been completely
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Limitations of Growth Essay (30 marks) Evaluate four major barriers to growth and development experience by LEDCs [30] Many developing countries find they are caught in the poverty trap for a number of reasons. They are ‘trapped’ in poverty cycle due to a constant cycle of low level of education‚ health care and human capital‚ which leads to low productivity‚ income‚ savings‚ investment and finally‚ economic growth. See diagram below; This essay will discuss the following four limitation
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coastal flooding presents environmental‚ social‚ economic risks for the UK (10 marks) Coastal flooding occurs when normally dry‚ low-lying land is flooded by sea water. Coastal flooding is a serious threat to the UK. Many British cities are situated on or near the coast‚ on low-lying land‚ together with 40% of the UK’s manufacturing industry and sea level rise means that the UK are more at risk. Greater London and the Holderness coast are areas that are vulnerable to coastal flooding and expose
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India & China are two emerging economies is the world market‚ they have made a huge impact in trade within and outside ones own country. But China has reached the masses in India with their cheap imports‚ Direct and indirect‚ the direct one pertains to the goods coming through proper channels and in a legal way and finding its way into the Indian shops. As Indian market is price-oriented‚ Indian companies & Manufacturers feel threatened by their Chinese counterpart. Advantages and disadvantages
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I am going to compare the physical and human flooding causes for an MEDC; the UK and an LEDC; Bangladesh. The Boscastle Floods‚ in Cornwall occurred on August 16th 2004. Between July and September of 1998‚ Bangladesh also incurred large amounts of flooding. There were a number of physical factors causing the Boscastle floods. The village suffered from heavy rainfall. Over 2 hours‚ 0.05mm of rainfall fell per minute. In total‚ over 3 million tonnes of water was added to the small drainage basin
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URBANIZATION – IMPACTS 1. THE CONCEPT OF URBANIZATION Urbanization refers to general increase in population and the amount of industrialization of a settlement. It includes increase in the number and extent of cities. It symbolizes themovement of people from rural to urban areas.Urbanization happens because of the increase in the extent and density of urban areas.The density of population in urban areas increases because of the migration of people from less industrialized regions to more industrialized
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Globalization‚ International Institutions and Society Prof. Harish Naraindas School of Social Sciences – JNU Student Joscha Hoffmann Bilateral cooperation in the case study of the Kosi river flooding The Kosi is a “river in Nepal and northern India. With its tributaries‚ the Kosi drains the eastern third of Nepal and part of Tibet‚ including the country around Mount Everest. Some of its headstreams rise beyond the Nepalese border in Tibet. About […] 48 km north of the Indian-Nepalese frontier
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URBANISATION/ COUNTER-URBANISATION IN RIO DA JANEIRO (LEDC) Sourced from: http://jumpingpolarbear.com/2012/01/11/ufc-142-in-rio-de-janeiro/ The city of Rio de Janeiro is located on Brazil ’s south-east coast. It has a population of approximately 11.7 million people‚ making it one of Brazil ’s largest settlements. The number of inhabitants has grown for a number of reasons. Firstly‚ natural increase (this is when the birth rate is higher than the death rate). Secondly
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Samsung’s Market-Flooding Strategy May Not Work Much Longer Trefis Team‚ Contributor + Comment now (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Barely has a week passed since the historic ruling that went againstSamsung in the Apple patent-infringement trial‚ and its business as usual for the Korean electronics giant. Continuing with its strategy of flooding the market with new gadgets‚ Samsung recently unveiled a plethora of mobile devices and PCs ranging from smartphones‚ tablets‚ & phablets to smart cameras
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