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Decks in this class (38)

land cover
Land cover,
Cultivated managed,
Natural semi natural vegetation
9  cards
land cover change
Natural land cover change,
Glacial maximum,
Inter glacial periods
9  cards
glaciers and ice-sheets
Cyrosphere,
Glaciers,
Ice sheet
12  cards
ice sheet terms
Moulin,
Ice sheet,
Outlet glacier
9  cards
glacier terms
Horn,
Arete,
Tributary glacier
16  cards
Human Activity Changing Land Cover
Population dynamics,
Technology,
Policies
3  cards
key difference between ice sheets and glaciers
Key difference
1  cards
cryoconite
What is it
1  cards
cause and description
Natural,
Variations in solar energy,
Oceanic circulation changes
9  cards
impact + description
Sea level rise,
People movement,
Agricultural output
7  cards
SAFFEIT
Sustainable,
Affordability,
Fairness
7  cards
natural characteristics of forests
Definition of forests,
Classifications climate,
Classifications structure
7  cards
deforestation
Definition,
Forest degradation,
Fragmentation
9  cards
causes of deforestation
Natural biotic less than 2,
Natural abiotic approximately 3,
Impact of natural disturbances
6  cards
impacts of deforestation
Impact 1,
Impact 2,
Impact 4
8  cards
responses
General responses,
Global responses,
Difference between forest preserv...
5  cards
geospatial technology
Geospatial technology used,
Uav drones,
Gnss global navigation satellite ...
5  cards
negative aspects of geospatial tech.
Cloud cover,
Cost,
Cannot distinguish variations
3  cards
Monte Alto Forest reserve - local response
How was monte alto affected by de...,
Formation of the response,
Ways the foundation reduced defor...
4  cards
Cameroon - National Response
Why was the foundation formed,
Negative aspects of the response,
Forestry law consists of
3  cards
REDD+
What is redd,
What does redd do,
Negative aspects
4  cards
crude birth rates
Crude birth rates,
Causes of cbr increases,
Causes of cbr decreases
3  cards
total fertility rates
Total fertility rates,
Causes of declining tfr,
Replacement rate
4  cards
crude death rates
Crude death rate,
Causes of declining cdr
2  cards
infant and child mortality rate
Infant mortality rate,
Child mortality rate,
Facts
5  cards
maternal mortality rate
Maternal mortality rate,
Statistics
2  cards
life expectancy
Life expectancy,
Statistics
2  cards
dependancy ration
Dependency ratio,
Welfare based economies,
Statistics
3  cards
Thomas Malthus
Core principles,
Malthusian check,
Positive check
6  cards
migration
Migration,
Emigrant,
Immigrant
6  cards
migration types
Spatial,
Temporal
2  cards
agency + economic migration
Low agency,
Medium agency,
High agency
6  cards
factors causing pop movement
Social,
Enviro,
Economic
4  cards
Kinley fieldwork evidence/data
How much residents,
When will kinley be finished,
How big is kinley
4  cards
glacier and ice sheet distribution data:
0  cards
adressing water scarcity issues - local response
Who is involved,
Nature of the response,
Examples
3  cards
clean and green energy solutions - national
Scale of response,
Whos involved,
Nature of response
4  cards
world glacier monitoring service (WGMS) - global
Scale,
Groups responding,
Nature of response
5  cards

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