Earthquake case study Christ Church Location: Christ church‚ New Zealand When: 22nd February‚ 2011 Boundary type; On an already formed fault line on the pacific plate. What happened: It is considered an aftershock of a previous 7.1 magnitude earthquake‚ which happened in September 2010. A magnitude 6.3 on the Richter scale hit 10 km east of Christ Church and 5km deep. This was New Zealand second worst ever earthquake. A tsunami was created by the Tasman Glacier sliding into the ocean
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CASE STUDY: MAURITIUS MAURITIUS: INTRODUCTION Location: situated in the Indian Ocean‚ approximately 2400 kilometres off the South East Coast of Africa. Area: 2040km2 Climate: tropical Soils: fertile POPULATION 1‚094‚000 people (1992). Estimated to be 1‚365‚000 people in the year 2025. Population growth rate: 1.45% Population doubling time: 47.8 years Fertility rate: 2.17 per woman. Birth rates: 21 births per thousand Death rates: 21.7 deaths per thousand Infant mortality rates:
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In this picture ‚ you can take conclusion that the ice is melting rapidly and thus the water level is rising at a fast speed. This is all happening from global warming. This can cuase many animals to die or get extinct‚ also the people that are living nearby can also be affected by this. Global warming is caused by burning fossil fuels and forests‚ we lately have been doing this a lot. The polar bear is saying “ha ha youre eliminated!” to the other polar bear because there playing musical ice chairs
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The Authority on World Travel & Tourism Travel & Tourism 2011 Travel & Tourism 2011 Foreword Chapter 1: why Travel & Tourism? Chapter 2: A decade of Challenge and Change Chapter 3: 2011; A Mixed Picture Chapter 4: The Next Ten Years Chapter 5: Making it Happen © Copyright World Travel & Tourism Council 2011 USE OF MATERIAL IS AUTHORISED‚ PROVIDED SOURCE IS ACKNOWLEDGED Foreword Travel & Tourism is a truly global economic activity – one which takes place in destinations across the
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Issamel Velazquez Human Geo 4/12/13 P3 Chapter 14 Key Issue 1 1. A resource is a substance in the environment that is useful to people‚ is economically and technologically feasible to access‚ and is socially acceptable to use. 2. The problem is that most resources are limited‚ and Earth has a tremendous number of consumers. 3. Geographers observe two major misuses of resources: We deplete scarce resources‚ especially petroleum‚ natural gas‚ and coal‚ for energy production. We destroy
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The state of Michigan is surrounded by the Great Lakes‚ the largest bodies of fresh water. We are so lucky to have the lakes around us. Michigan was shaped thousands of years ago and what we have now is the cause of many glaciers‚ rivers and lakes‚ and human made alterations. The Great Lakes began to form in the last glacier period about 14‚000 years ago‚ since then they have been a big part of transportation‚ trade and growth for our country. (https://www.google.com/search?q=areas+and+volumes+of+the+great+lakes)
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Hurricane Matthew has claimed at least 478 deaths in Haiti‚ and left over 300‚000 people in need of disaster relief. An estimated 61‚000 people have sought shelter in the impoverished country. Heavy winds sustaining speeds of up to 140 mph accompanied by torrential rain caused massive flooding in Haiti and left a trail of destruction wherever the storm passed. Rescue workers are trying to assess the extent of damage‚ which was not immediately known because the hurricane had hampered communication
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INDIA PHYSICAL FEATURES Geographical Set Up: India takes its standard time from the meridian of 82 30 E‚ which is 5 ½ hours ahead of Greenwich Mean time ( 0 longitude).Pakistan time is 5 hours ahead of GMT and Bangladesh time is 6 hours ahead of GMT. Significance of Location: Barring the plateau of Baluchistan (which form part of Pakistan)‚ the two great ranges of Sulaiman and Kirthar cut it off from the west. Along the north‚ the great mountain wall formed by the Hindukush‚ Karakoram and
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Human activity has major effects on geography. When studying the earth you can come to several conclusions about the geography of any particular civilization. Distribution of life in the civilization allows you to analyze whether their geography is their own destiny. Do people control their own destiny? Is geography something that people can control? Technology is really the key to why geography can be overcome by any people. Throughout the history of the earth we have seen many countries leave
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Social Geography and Monstrosity Social geography plays a big role in a person ’s life. Social geography includes segregation‚ economics‚ class‚ and race. All of these factors play a part in how a person lives and the way they are treated in society. Another factor that affects a person ’s society is the way that a person looks. Monstrosity can affect a person ’s entire life as far as where they live and even their class. In the novels Frankenstein‚ The Monster and Native Son‚ there is a relationship
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