What are the local and global consequences of deforestation?

What are the local and global consequences of deforestation? Intro Deforestation is the large-scale removal of forest, prior to its replacement by other land uses. It is proceeding at about 17 million hectares each year between 1980 and 1990, annual deforestation rates were 1.2 per cent in Asia and the Pacific, 0.8 per cent in Latin America, and 0.7 per cent in Africa. Forest area is generally stable in Europe and North America, although the rate of transition from old-growth forest to other forms in North America is controversially high. Global Consequences Deforestation may be distinguished from forest degradation, which is a reduction in forest quality. The main worry for environmentalists and the world's population is that many species are being lost as their habitats are being destroyed. In a rainforest, certain small areas are individual, specific habitats themselves. This means that if one small area of the rainforest is cleared, it could mean that a whole series of species are wiped out The two are linked, and result in several problems. A minimum of 4000 species are being wiped out each year due to deforestation. It is thought that the figure could be as many as 50000 per year. At the rate at which trees are being cut down, the world's rainforests may disappear by the year 2030. They reduce bio-diversity (the range of habitat, species, and genetic types),

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  • Level: GCSE
  • Subject: Geography
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Urban regeneration

Afzol Ahmed Candidate number: 4012 Centre ID: 13212 Introduction * Sequence of investigation Page 3 * Purpose of Study Page 4 * Identify the location Page 5 * About Stratford City Page 8 * Brownfield Site Page 9 Data Collection (Method) * Nature of information and data required Page 10 * Method table Page 11 * Survey Page 14 * Survey method explained Page 15 * Group interview with project directors... Page 17 * Environmental quality index explained Page 20 * Traffic Survey explained Page 22 Data analysis and presentation * Survey Page 23 * Environmental Quality index Page 39 * Traffic Survey Page 42 Conclusion) Page 43 Sequence of investigation: I have created the flow chart below to show a rough outline of the steps I will take in order to carry out my investigations. Investigating the impact of Stratford city redevelopment Purpose of study: As a class, we have decided to base our hypotheses for our GCSE Geography coursework on the development of Stratford City.

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why did so many people die in the kobe earthquake

"Why did so many people die in the Kobe earthquake?" Kobe is located 32 kilometres west of Osaka on the Japanese island of Honshu. It lies on three plates; the Pacific, the Philippine and the Eurasian. This puts the whole of Japan in danger of having an earthquake. It has a population of 1.5 million and is one of the largest and busiest ports in Japan. Kobe is an important city for business, tourism, shipbuilding, and for manufacturing steel, rubber, and textiles. The Kobe earthquake occurred on 17th January 1995 at 5:46 in the morning before rush hour. The earthquake was measured on the Richter scale of 7.2and it lasted for 20 seconds. During this time the ground was moved 18cm horizontally and 12cm vertically. The earthquake occurred because the epicentre was on Awaji Island in Osaka Bay which is very close to Kobe. Plus, because of the three crustal plates, convection currents caused Philippine Plate and the Eurasian Plate to move towards each other. As they move, the denser oceanic Philippines Plate is being subducted beneath the lighter continental Eurasian Plate, the two plates rubs against each other producing friction and heat resulting from the two plates colliding. As a result the ground shakes making an earthquake. People were not aware and did not expect the earthquake to happen as Kobe is not in the earthquake zone. To predict an earthquake is very expensive.

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Why did so many people die in the Kobe earthquake?

Kobe Earthquake In my essay I am trying to answer the question 'Why did so many people die in the Kobe earthquake?' The great earthquake that measured 7.2 on the Richter scale, struck Kobe at 5.40pm on Tuesday 17th January, 1995, the earthquake only lasted 20 seconds; however a lot of damage was caused. Southern Japan, where Kobe was located, is the world's largest container port and is also a very rich country. It is very technology advanced and often the first country to manufacture the most modern products. The earthquake caused a lot of destruction in this part and was nearly completely destroyed. Kobe has not had a major earthquake since 1596. Many people died because of their houses been so poorly built. Houses that were built before 1981 collapsed in the earthquake because the roofs were made of very heavy concrete tiles, and were wooden framed houses. These were very heavy so a lot of people would have died from suffocation, or from being crushed. These houses were not earthquake proof, so people that lived in these were in great danger. However, houses that were built after 1981, have been made earthquake proof, this means that they are adapted to earthquakes, have the latest technology and hopefully would not fall down whist there is an earthquake. These houses would have been more recently built and made with stronger material. A familiar story is of the Endo

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  • Level: GCSE
  • Subject: Geography
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