Year 9 - China City Study

Imagine you had to put together a factfile about Dubai!

It would be easy!! However - you need to do it for one of the top 10 Chinese cities (by population)

For your chosen city find out and elaborate on the following topics:

Location - map etc - 2 maps? - different scales

Photo’s

Population - current & growth

Wealth - GDP?

Main language(s)

Main industries - tourism? manufacturing? Trade? Finance?

Infrastructure - Int airport? Port, New Billion dollar metro etc

Physical surroundings - mountains, rivers, plains, deserts, seas

Nearby cities

Weather & Climate

Hazards - flooding, EQ’s, volcanoes

Tourism - Famous Landmarks, monuments

Any notable historical events

British School?

Links to Dubai?

China Inequality - How the Rich and the Poor compare

Year 13 - China Earthquake

China learning the lessons from 2008?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-22244805

http://www.newser.com/article/da5qu4l02/china-hones-its-disaster-relief-in-latest-deadly-quake-with-helicopters-and-portable-atms.html

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323551004578438753889726678.html

The UK's Energy Sources

Get an map of the UK from Google images
Paste it into a document or print and stick it into your exercise book

Research the UK's "energy mix" ie How does the UK generate its electricity and use fossil fuels

Annotate your map to show some of the locations of specific sources of energy
E.g.
Nuclear power stations
Large wind farms (onshore and offshore)
Tidal Power
Wave power
Solar power
Coal fired power stations
Gas fired power stations
Oil fired power stations
HEP
Biofuels
Geothermal Power

Get photographs where possible.
In some case you could explain how it works (e.g. Wave power)
Add place names to build up a picture of the UK and its Energy
Add a suitable title
Try and keep it to one page of A4 (you can go onto 2 pages if necessary)

Print & stick it in your book (if done on computer)

Some help for you!!

The Scottish Government has approved plans for a 10MW array of tidal stream generators near Islay, Scotland

Biomass Energy Centre is a biomass fired CHP power station located in the town of Chilton in County Durham.

Top 3 wind farms in UK

Greater Gabbard –

Walney (phases 1&2)

Sheringham Shoal

Year 13 - Sichuan Earthquake 2013

This latest quake has hit the same area as you have studied.
Illustrates the challenges the Chinese authorities have in dealing with EQ's


"Lushan, where the quake struck, lies where the fertile Sichuan plain meets foothills that eventually give rise to the Tibetan plateau, and sits atop the Longmenshan fault." - SAME PLACE!!!

"rescuers are now understood to be struggling to reach the worst-affected areas because of aftershocks and landslides."
"Hard-hit parts of the county remained unreachable by road and several highways were cut off."
"In villages closest to the epicentre, almost all low-rise houses and buildings had collapsed. "

Read the article!!


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/thousands-hurt-156-killed-china-quake-devastates-rural-villages-8581507.html

Heathrow Airport

Economist article on Heathrow proposed expansion in the Contemporary Conflicts and Challenges presentation.