Philippines verging on disaster

The AS Unit 1 course has a compulsory case study which needs to be researched: the Philippines as a disaster hotspot. Look at the following links when researching the topic...

A good site with maps of various hazard risks can be accessed here.

The PHIVOLCS website has some general information here.

This report is very comprehensive, and you will have to dig around a bit, selecting the most relevant data, but includes a good overview (pp. 1-2)

Shakin' all over!

Just how free from geophysical and climatic/weather hazards is the UK? We can probably all remember a flooding event, or a storm where there was some damaging winds reported, but how often do these sorts of things occur?

You might like to check out the following websites, to investigate just how prone we are to things like...

earthquakes

floods

tornadoes

Human impact of world water supply security

Guardian article

Bam video

UNICEF
5 years on

Comparing earthquakes

USe the following links to help research the presentations comparing two earthquakes. For the basic information, start at Wikipedia.

1989 Loma Prieta (San Francisco)

1989 Spitak (Armenia)

2003 San Simeon (Central California)

2003 Bam

Then see the following:

Loma Prieta - photos, BBC

Spitak (Armenia) - USGS page, photos,

San Simeon - USGS

Bam - BBC

Scotland's hazard risk

Investigate recent hazard events and risk of Scotland. Use the links below to help you:

Extreme weather in Scotland

Reports from 2010 'big freeze'

Landslide risk

Sea-level change / flood risk

Earthquakes

Cultural imperialism

Use these links to complete the worksheet on cultural imperialism.

Top 10 global brands

Highest grossing films

Best selling albums

TV events

Newscorp

Intergovernmental Organisations

There are key links between the superpowers and various intergovernmental organisations.

Here are some links to aid your research into a few of them.

BBC guide to the Davos Group

The BBC also has a very good summary of a number of International Organisations:

UN

UN Security Council

G8

IMF and World Bank

NATO

WTO

The OECD offical website gives you information on its development.

There is always wikipedia too...

Hazard Hotspots

You need to know about both the Philippines and California as examples of multiple hazard hotspots. Use the template provided to create case study sheets for these two areas.

There is a lot of information on the web to help you. A sample to start with is here:

Disaster information from the Philippines
An excellent PowerPoint on the Philippines
An excellent map of the Philippines
Specifics on the natural hazards faced by California
A good summary of the issues facing California
More from USGS on California
Search here for the region you have chosen and you will get a list of hazards
Go here for excellent maps for ALL countries and the hazards which affect them
That should be plenty to start with!

China in Africa

Some resources looking at the impact of neo-colonialism.

An episode from Channel 4's Unreported World series on China's influence in Africa.

Article 'Why Africa welcome the new colonialism' from The Times

Article 'China tightens its grip on Africa with a $4.4bn lifeline...' from The Times

Wikipedia entries

Bam earthquake 2003

Almost 30000 people died in the Bam earthquake in December 2003. Below are an number of links to help you with your MS Publisher piece of work.

Wikipedia reference

BBC background

BBC report

BBC problems with aid

BBC photos

Images from The Guardian

Interactive Special Report from The Guardian

Why was the death toll so high?