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AQA 3.1.3.4 Coastal management 3.1.5.1 The concept of hazard in a geographical context 3.1.5.5 Storm hazards 3.1.5.6 Fires in nature 3.1.5.7 Case studies (beyond the UK)
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Edexcel Enquiry question 3: How do coastal erosion and sea level change alter the physical characteristics of coastlines and increase risks? Enquiry question 4: How can coastlines be managed to meet the needs of all players?
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Eduqas and WJEC 1.1.9 Coastal processes are a vital context for human activity 1.1.10 The impact of human activity on coastal landscape systems (3) 4.5.5 Impacts and management of climatic hazards (3) 4.5.7 People, climate and the future
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OCR 4.b. Economic development unintentionally causes change within coastal landscape systems. 4.c. Mitigation and a
Click to read the articles below and then answer the questions:
Why is America still building houses in climate danger zones?
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Assess the reasons why people continue to migrate to high-risk climate areas
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Discuss the role of government policies in shaping urban development in climate-vulnerable areas
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‘The benefits of developing in a climate-vulnerable area outweigh the costs’. To what extent to you agree with this statement?
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Explain how mitigation measures can help ensure housing development in more hazard prone areas
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Analyse the graph ‘US zip codes with the greatest disaster risk have the highest and fastest-growing insurance premiums’ from the article
Explore the full RGS worksheet on the FT articles on US development in hazardous areas.
Rachel Owen, Royal Geographical Society
