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GeographyAdvanced SubsidiaryUnit 1: Global ChallengesRESOURCE BOOKLET

Friday 14 January 2011– Morning6GE01/01

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SECTION A

The following resources relate to Questions 1–6.

Figure 1 World trends in the number of reported disasters per year 1900–2000

‘All disasters’ include geophysical events(such as earthquakes) and hydro-meteorological events (including all typesof storm)

Number of reporteddisasters

(Source: Emmanuelle Bournay, UNEP/GRID-Arendal)

Figure 2 Ways of managing climate change

Mitigation means tackling the underlying cause:the build-up of greenhouse gases.

Adaptation means dealing with the consequences ofclimate change.

MITIGATION MANAGING ADAPTATION

CLIMATE CHANGE

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Figure 3 Predicted changes in flood risk for England and Wales by 2080

no change

low increase

medium increase

high increase

decrease

Change in annual economic

losses from flooding

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Figure 4 The number of Tesco stores worldwide in 2010. Tesco is a UK retail Transnational

Corporation (TNC)

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(Source: www.tescoplc.com)

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Figure 5 Immigration and emigration trends for the UK 1998–2008

1998

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

1999 2000 2001

Year

Thousandsof people

Immigration Emigration

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

(Source: www.statistics.gov.uk/)

Figure 6 An inner London house and the families living there in 1901 and 2011

1901 2011

Name Age Name Age

Eliza Hunter (F) 73 David Goodwin (M) 47

William Hunter (M) 38 Rupal Goodwin (F) 48

Doris Hunter (F) 36 Samira Goodwin (F) 13

Frank Hunter (M) 15 Jasmine Goodwin (F) 11

Harold Hunter (M) 14

Betsy Hunter (F) 11

Emma Hunter (F) 10

Richard Hunter (M) 8

Susan Hunter (F) 5

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The following resources relate to Questions 7–10.

Figure 7 The distribution of volcanic activity in the Pacific region

Hawaiian Islands

Pacific Plate

Eurasian Plate

Cocos Plate

Antarctic Plate

Nazca

Plate

South

American

Plate

North American Plate

Indo–Australian Plate

Key active volcano plate boundary

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Figure 8 GDP per capita, total greenhouse gas emissions (shown as carbon dioxide

equivalent) and CO2(e) emissions per capita for selected countries, 2007

Country Gross Domestic Product

(GDP) per capita (US $)

Total CO2(e) emissions

(millions of tonnes)

CO2(e) emissions per

capita (tonnes)

USA 47,440 5,769 19.1

China 3,259 6,028 4.6

Brazil 8,295 347 1.8

Bangladesh 521 40 0.2

Singapore 38,972 45 9.8

Saudi Arabia 18,855 358 14.8

(Source: www.iea.org)

Figure 9 A ‘shrinking world’ timeline of technological innovation

1900 Telephone & radio are already being used

1935 Fax machine1939 Television1954 Colour television1969 Early internet1969 Moon landing1970 First GPS satellite1973 First mobile phones1974 Desktop computers1989 World Wide Web1994 Blogging begins1995 EasyJet founded1996 Google founded1997 Mass market mobiles2002 First i-pod on sale2004 Podcasting begins2008 Twitter takes off

THEN NOW

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Figure 10 The changing size and distribution of world megacities

London

Paris

Moscow

IstanbulTehran

Cairo

Lagos

New York

Los Angeles

Mexico City

Rio de JaneiroSao Paulo

Buenos Aires

KarachiMumbai

Delhi

Beijing

KolkataDacca

SeoulTokyo

OsakaShanghai

Guangzhou

Manila

Jakarta

8 megacitiesin 1985

Population in millions(metropolitan area)

20+15.1-20

10-15

Less than 10 million

New York

Mexico City

Rio de JaneiroSao Paulo

Buenos Aires26 megacitiesin 2009

Population in millions(metropolitan area)

20+15.1-20

10-15

Less than 10 million

London

Paris

Moscow

IstanbulTehran

CairoDelhi

Mumbai

Lagos

TokyoSeoul

Los Angeles

KarachiKolkata

Dacca

Beijing

ShanghaiGuangzhou

Manila

Jakarta

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