Geography GCSE case study statistics

How much money does sea wall cost per meter?

£10,000

How much money does rock armour cost per 100 meters?

£200,000

How much money does gabions cost per 100 meters?

£50,000

How much money does groynes cost per one?

£150,000

How much money did Lyme Regis spend on new sea walls?

£43,000,000

How many mm of rainfall is in the rainforest?

2000mm or more

How tall are emergent trees?

50m+

How much of the forest was flooded by the Bakun Dam?

700km^2

Rainforests supply what percentage of medicine?

25%

How much rainfall is in the desert?

Less than 250mm

Magic stones increased crop yeilds by what %?

50%

How much money did it cost to repair the Foss barrier in York?

£17,000,000

How much did the York river management cost in total?

£62,000,000

How tall is the high force waterfall?

20m

How many major plates are there?

7

How many people died in the Haiti earthquake?

230,000

How many homes were destroyed in the Haiti earthquake?

180,000

How many people were left homeless in the Haiti earthquake?

1,500,000

How many schools were damaged in the Haiti earthquake?

5,000

How much money of emergency aid did the UK send to Haiti?

£100,000,000

What fraction of buildings were inspected and repaired after Haiti?

3/4

How many people were employed to clear rubble in Haiti?

2,000

How many people died in the Christchurch earthquake?

185

What fraction of the deaths in Christchurch happened in the Canterbury TV building?

1/2

How many people were injured in Christchurch?

600

How many tones of silt did liquefaction produce in Christchurch?

400,000

How much did the Christchurch earthquake cost the economy?

$40,000,000,000

How many homes had to be demolished in Christchurch?

10,000

How many chemical toilets were flown into Christchurch?

27,000

What % of roads were repaired after 6 months in Christchurch?

80%

How fast do the winds have to be in order to be a tropical storm?

75mph

How many degrees do oceans have to be for tropical storms to form?

27

Tropical storms are distributed between where on the equator?

5-15 north and south

How many people died in Typhoon Haiyan?

6,300

What % of Tacloban was destroyed during Typhoon Haiyan?

90%

How many fishing boats were destroyed during Typhoon Haiyan?

30,000

How many people lost their source of income after Typhoon Haiyan?

6,000,000

How many evacuation centers were set up after Typhoon Haiyan?

1,200

At how many degrees does air sink in the global atmospheric circulation model?

30

When was Typhoon Haiyan?

2013

When was the Haiti earthquake?

2010

When was the Christchurch earthquake?

2011

When was the Somerset Level floods?

2014

How many mm of rain fell before the Somerset Level floods?

350mm

How many years has the rivers not been dredged for before the Somerset Level floods?

20

How many houses were flooded during the Somerset Level floods?

600

How many farms were evacuated after the Somerset Level floods?

16

How much money did it cost to repair the Somerset Level floods?

£10,000,000

How many hectares of land were underwater during the Somerset Level floods?

14,000

How much money was needed to reduce future risk of flooding after the Somerset Level floods?

£20,000,000

When was the heatwave in England?

2018

How many people were transported to North America during slavery?

10,000,000

What % of global wealth does North America own?

35%

What % of global wealth does Africa share?

1%

What % of deaths in LICs are children under 15?

40%

What % of deaths in HICs are children under 15?

1%

What % of deaths in HICs are people over 70?

70%

How much money did the Grameen Bank loan for a mobile phone for a village?

$200

What % of GDP is tourism in Jamacia?

24%

How many people are employed because of tourism in Jamacia?

200,000

What rank of oil production is Nigeria in the UN?

5

Shell oil provides how many people in related industries?

250,000

When did Nigeria’s economy become stable?

1999

Nigeria was owned by the UK until what year?

1960

How many people does Shell oil employ in Nigeria?

65,000

What % of shell contracts are with Nigerian companies?

91%

How much money did the world bank loan to fund development projects and business loans?

$500,000,000

What % of forests have been destroyed due to agriculture in Nigeria?

70-80%

In 2008 and 2009 how many galleons of crude oil was spilt over 20km^2 in the Bodo oil spills?

11,000,000

How much money did Shell pay to compensate for the Bodo oil spills?

£55,000,000

What % of Nigerians live in poverty?

60%

How many people do not eat enough calories in the world?

1,000,000,000

How many people does malnutrition affect in the world?

2,000,000,000

What % of UK food is imported?

40%

What % of water is used domestically in the UK?

50%

What % was gas in the UK energy mix in 2019?

39%

What % was wind in the UK energy mix in 2019?

20%

What % was nuclear in the UK energy mix in 2019?

18%

What % was other in the UK energy mix in 2019?

22%

What % of our oil and gas has been used?

75%

How many dams were built during IBIS?

3

How many km of canals were built for the IBIS?

64,000

What % more land was there after the IBIS?

40%

Rice yield increased by what % after the IBIS?

39%

Fruit yields increased by what % after the IBIS?

150%

By 2015 what % of the UK employment is in the teritary sector?

78%

By 2015 what % of the UK employment is in the quaternary sector?

10%

How many people does the UK research sector employ?

60,000

How many acres of land have been landscaped in the Torr Quarry, Somerset?

200

How many countries are in the Commonwealth?

53

What is the literacy rate for children over 10 in Rio?

95%

Rio generates what % of Brazil’s wealth?

5%

Rio has been improved by what % because of installing how many km of new power lines?

30,60

What is the population in Rio?

6,500,000

How much money did the Sepetiba Bay steelworks cost?

3,000,000,000

How much money are the proposing to spend on the urban poor in Rio?

$1,000,000,000

How many people live in favellas in Rio?

1,000,000

What % of people don’t have access to running water in Rio?

12%

What fraction of people over 14 continue with education?

1/2

How many tonnes of sewage enter Guanabara Bay each day?

200