GeographyKEVII

Varying Severity of Tectonic Hazards In this lesson you are going to research three different disasters and consider various factors. Levels of development, magnitude, governance (organisation) and corruption. The three disasters we will use are familiar to you.  a) Haiti earthquake b) China (Sichuan) earthquake c) Japan earthquake. Tasks 1) Find out the levels of development for each country. Make comparisons. Use the following links: Rankings   HDI Data 2) Find out about the severity of each earthquake using  the EM- DAT database. You can find hazard profiles here. 3) Levels of corruption  can be found here 4)  Governance is an important aspect of a country’s resilience. The importance of governance was brought into the limelight with the Tohoku earthquake in 2011 which caused the Japanese tsunami. Japan’s energy policies, investment and ageing population led to failings in its planning for such an event, while the 2010/11 Christchurch earthquakes showed that

Use the following link to summarise the impacts on climate change on tropical stroms. There is a high level of terminology in this document. So read it carefully.  Climate change tropical storms .

Typhoon Haiyan Work  You are going to present research on Typhoon Haiyan in the form of a newspaper report. The following five questions are the subheadings of your report. There are also links to help you find the relevant information next to each question. You can do this on word or publisher. Make sure your name is on it. (you do not need sound for the video) 1. What are the characteristics of a typhoon? 2. What was the impact of the hurricane on people and the environment? (short/ long term) (social, economic and environmental)  Impacts 3. What were the short and long term responses? responses   more 4. What were the prediction and preparation strategies? were they prepared

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This is the first blog on the King Edward VII Geography page . This will have current news such as the   latest hurricanes . Or link to some key ideas. For example in year 10 - Or in year 12 the distribution of tectonic hazards First task is for year 11. It is a recap on the climate topic from year 10. Watch the following clip. Comment on the difference between weather and climate. Why is usually wetter in the west? Where is it coldest? Why?