ecosystems
key terms
abiotic - non living parts of the ecosystem
biotic - living parts of the ecosystem
fauna - animals in an ecosystem
flora - plants in an ecosystem
interdependence - everything needs anther part of the ecosystem to survive
biome - large scale ecosystems that are spread across the country with unique plans and animals
different ecosystem
tropical rainforests - between tropics of Cancer and Capricorn
temperate forests - 40 - 60 degrees north south of the equator
tropical grasslands - 5 - 30 degrees north south of the equator
temperate grasslands - 40 - 60 degrees north south of the equator
hot deserts - 5 -30 degrees north south of the equator
coral reefs - 30 degrees north south of the equator
polar regions - Arctic - N - Antarctica - S
polar regions
climate - long cold winters - short cool summers - less than 250mm of rainfall per year
fauna - treeless - some evergreen shrub - mosses and grass
flora - polar bears - wolves - foxes - reindeer - all have thick fur
people of the uk
autumn statment 2022 - higher taxes
in 2 years people may be up to 7-8% poorer
salford quays - case study
containeristations and the manchester shipping canal where the main reasons why salford quays went into deindustrilisation. the manchester shipping canal was the only way to get transport ships to the docks from the ports.; when containerisation happened and the ships doubled in size they couldnt fit down the canal resulting in manchester getting no trade and the entire industrial city declining (1980)
around 3000 people lost there jobs
family breakdown
alchoholism and crime - social problems
increased poverty in the areas
polluted land
regeneration happened through the goverment investment
bbc media city - creates jobs in the media
private apartments
aging population
pymrid shape - young population
aging population is smaller at the bottom and wider at the top
better healthcare (nhs)
cancer treatments
hip replacement
better life choices - active lifesyles
people having fewer children
families have to support elderly relatives - lot of money to pay for care homes
pension costs - allocate more money to the elderly
responses - spend more money on the nhs - spend money on care homes (social care) - raised the pension age to 67 - saves the govermant money
migration
2004 - 2010 - EU expansion
by 2015 the net migration was around 300,000 people a year
refugee numbers from Afghanistan, Syria, Ukrainians, Albanians (legal or illegal)
why people migrate to the uk
services (NHS) - education - legal protection - much higher wages on average than other countries - political safety - links to better quality of life and better standards of living
effects
economic - more people working = higher taxes more money for the government to use
remitnses - money sent back to the orgin countries
social tensions between communities
spread of culture + religions
leeds
housing / studentification
waste
south banks
transport
2014 summer set floods
effects
response
cause
studentification causes local residents to not be able to rent or buy a house as landlords by houses to rent to students which inflates house prices
culture centre at the old tetley brewery for contemprey art
new vocational campus for leeds city collage
a new 3.5 hecatare park and open space along along the waterfront
over 300,000sq /m of new land for development
creation of holbeck urban village a digital technology and lliving space
new pedestrian and cycle bridges
Leeds dock will have entertainment - restaurants - retail developments
this is not a problem across the whole of Leeds and mostly causes issues in the city center/inner city such as Hyde park
studentification causes gridlock as students leave and return to university which leaves houses vacant whilst away
students can also cause social tension between local residents in areas dominates by students ie. parties
even with these issues the student population add huge amounts of money to leeds economy
building on floodpalins
low lying flat landscape
12 big stormes between 2013 - jan 2014 - due to the jet streams - heavy rain which saturates the soil
not dredging the river parrat +tone - if this was done the rivers may not of flooded
combination of these factors caused the flooding