Facts for KA4 geography

50% of homes in Beadnell, Northumberland are second homes

Eden project has generated 1.9 billion for the local economy since 2001

Consequences of loss of primary industries in rural areas e.g. Ebbw Vale

• 70,000 jobs lost

• Decline in small businesses

• Less tax going to council

• Became 2nd most deprived town in the uk

• Landscape damage

0.001% of earths carbon is atmospheric

0.004% of earths carbon is in the biosphere

99.9% if carbon is stored in the lithosphere

550GtC stored in tropical rainforest biomass and soil

185GtC is stored in temperate grasslands biomass and soil

Tropical rainforest- 25-30 degrees c with little variation all year

Temperate grasslands- -5 - 22degrees c with temperature fluctuation with the seasons

Multiplier effect: one new job in the digital, knowledge economy leads to five jobs elsewhere in the economy

1/3 of rural residents find public transport inadequate because of irregular services

City inhabitants use 75% of planet’s natural resources

620,000 British people left London in 2011 when the population rose by 1 million