Geography case study facts

ADV 1: brazil, jobs

24,000 jobs created from deforestation

ADV_2: brazil, wood

4 Billion m³ worth of wood produced every year

ADV_3: brazil, gold

70 metric tonnes per year produced

DISADV_1: brazil, % amazon lost

up to 20% lost

DISADV_2: Brazil, CO2 released by deforest.

45 Billion tonnes in recent times

DISADV_3: Brazil, species extinct (deforest)

38 as of 2012 gone extinct

HOLDERNESS, sea wall location + length

4.7km long in Bridlington

HOLDERNESS, groynes cost + location

£1 million in mappleton

HOLDERNESS, rock armour mass + location

61,500 Tonnes in mappleton

HOLDERNESS, tourism numbers

24,000 in 2017

HOLDERNESS, fastest… what?

fastest eroding coastline in Europe

How many barrels of oil produced from trans alaska pipeline?

2.1 million barrels of oil

How much did the trans alaska pipeline cost to build

$8 Billion 

How much of the alaskan budget is from oil profits?

85%

How many dead from nepal 2015 earthquake?

9000 dead

% of gdp destroyed in nepal

50%

How many structures destroyed in nepal?

600,000

How many deaths in Japan 2011 earthquake

20,000

How much of GDP lost in japan?

3%

How many buildings destroyed in Japan

Only a few highways; one was fixed in 10 days

Typhoon haiyan death toll

6300 dead

How many homes destroyed in Typhoon Haiyan

1.1 million

How many tonnes of rice destroyed?

130,000 tonnes of rice 

Temperature exceed.., what in 2022 UK heatwave

40 degrees celcius

How many excess deaths from 2022 UK heatwave?

nearly 3000 excess deaths

Which road was closed + why in uk 2022 heatwave?

A14 closed due to road melting