Weblinks and videos for use with 5008 - GCSE AQA A Case Study Toolkit - Water on the Land
Case Study 1: Flooding in a Rich Country – Queensland, Australia, 2010–2011
- Summary of Cyclone Yasi
- Information provided by ABC broadcasting about flood clean up
- Photos of Brisbane floods
- Detailed report analysing the floods
Videos
Arial view of the flooding as the Brisbane river rises (Brisbane Floods Qld University 2011-01-12)Dramatic footage of the flooding in Brisbane (Brisbane floods dramatic footage 13 Jan)
Personal account of Brisbane suburb flooding after the peak (FLOOD REPORT - AS SEEN ON TV! DAY 3 BRISBANE 2011)
Case Study 2: Flooding in a Poorer Country – Bangkok, Thailand, 2011
Videos
The following are a series of video links from The Guardian that illustrate the reality of evacuation and flooding:
Bangkok residents flee rising flood watersBangkok residents prepare for floods
Thailand floods: evacuation continues in Bangkok
Bangkok residents flee as floods threaten to overwhelm capital
Thai PM optimistic about Bangkok floods
Case Study 3: Flooding in the UK – Cumbria, November 2009
- Damage to homes in Cockermouth
- Safety systems employed after flood
- Summary of development of flood damage
- Increasing flood risk and associated issues
- Video provided by the Environment Agency about soft engineering