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GeographyAdvanced SubsidiaryUnit 1: Global ChallengesRESOURCE BOOKLETFriday 14 January 2011– Morning
6GE01/01Do not return the Resource Booklet with the question paper.
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SECTION A
The following resources relate to Questions 1–6.
Figure 1 World trends in the number of reported disasters per year 1900–2000
‘All disasters’ include geophysical events(such as earthquakes) and hydro-meteorological events (including all typesof storm)
Number of reporteddisasters
(Source: Emmanuelle Bournay, UNEP/GRID-Arendal)
Figure 2 Ways of managing climate change
Mitigation means tackling the underlying cause:the build-up of greenhouse gases.
Adaptation means dealing with the consequences ofclimate change.
MITIGATION MANAGING ADAPTATION
CLIMATE CHANGE
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Figure 3 Predicted changes in flood risk for England and Wales by 2080
no changelow increasemedium increasehigh increasedecrease
Change in annual economiclosses from flooding
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Figure 4 The number of Tesco stores worldwide in 2010. Tesco is a UK retail Transnational Corporation (TNC)
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301
Slov
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- 60
Hun
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- 12
3
Turk
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66
Cze
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UK
- 21
15
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Sout
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- 13
7Ja
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- 125
Chi
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Mal
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Tha
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- 47
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(Source: www.tescoplc.com)
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Figure 5 Immigration and emigration trends for the UK 1998–2008
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100
200
300
400
500
600
1999 2000 2001
Year
Thousandsof people
Immigration Emigration
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
(Source: www.statistics.gov.uk/)
Figure 6 An inner London house and the families living there in 1901 and 2011
1901 2011Name Age Name Age
Eliza Hunter (F) 73 David Goodwin (M) 47
William Hunter (M) 38 Rupal Goodwin (F) 48
Doris Hunter (F) 36 Samira Goodwin (F) 13
Frank Hunter (M) 15 Jasmine Goodwin (F) 11
Harold Hunter (M) 14
Betsy Hunter (F) 11
Emma Hunter (F) 10
Richard Hunter (M) 8
Susan Hunter (F) 5
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SECTION B
The following resources relate to Questions 7–10.
Figure 7 The distribution of volcanic activity in the Pacific region
Hawaiian Islands
Pacific Plate
Eurasian Plate
Cocos Plate
Antarctic Plate
NazcaPlate
SouthAmerican
Plate
North American Plate
Indo–Australian Plate
Key active volcano plate boundary
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Figure 8 GDP per capita, total greenhouse gas emissions (shown as carbon dioxide equivalent) and CO2(e) emissions per capita for selected countries, 2007
Country Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita (US $)
Total CO2(e) emissions (millions of tonnes)
CO2(e) emissions per capita (tonnes)
USA 47,440 5,769 19.1
China 3,259 6,028 4.6
Brazil 8,295 347 1.8
Bangladesh 521 40 0.2
Singapore 38,972 45 9.8
Saudi Arabia 18,855 358 14.8
(Source: www.iea.org)
Figure 9 A ‘shrinking world’ timeline of technological innovation
1900 Telephone & radio are already being used
1935 Fax machine1939 Television1954 Colour television1969 Early internet1969 Moon landing1970 First GPS satellite1973 First mobile phones1974 Desktop computers1989 World Wide Web1994 Blogging begins1995 EasyJet founded1996 Google founded1997 Mass market mobiles2002 First i-pod on sale2004 Podcasting begins2008 Twitter takes off
THEN NOW
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Figure 10 The changing size and distribution of world megacities
London
Paris
Moscow
IstanbulTehran
Cairo
Lagos
New York
Los Angeles
Mexico City
Rio de JaneiroSao Paulo
Buenos Aires
KarachiMumbai
Delhi
Beijing
KolkataDacca
SeoulTokyo
OsakaShanghai
Guangzhou
Manila
Jakarta
8 megacitiesin 1985
Population in millions(metropolitan area)
20+15.1-20
10-15
Less than 10 million
New York
Mexico City
Rio de JaneiroSao Paulo
Buenos Aires26 megacitiesin 2009
Population in millions(metropolitan area)
20+15.1-20
10-15
Less than 10 million
London
Paris
Moscow
IstanbulTehran
CairoDelhi
Mumbai
Lagos
TokyoSeoul
Los Angeles
KarachiKolkata
Dacca
Beijing
ShanghaiGuangzhou
Manila
Jakarta
h iOsaka
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