Task 1 Geographical Research

Cronulla is a beachside suburb in southern Sydney, it is located 34.0574° S, 151.1522° E which is 26 kilometres south of the Sydney CBD (see figure 2). It is governed by the Sutherland Shire Council. Cronulla’s coastal environment is on the Kurnell Peninsula, which is made up of a tombolo. A tombolo is a sand spit connecting a rocky outcrop or island to the mainland. So this forms a barrier between Botany Bay and Bate Bay. The two areas of study visited were Wanda Beach and the Greenhills Beach development.

In the article, “Decade of drought”by Anne Capeci and “Drought reports” they both discuss the effects of droughts and use photo graphs to show evidence that droughts are everywhere to begin “decade of droughts” explains how people have no water.for example in Africa they had no fresh water. Without water livestocks will die and wild animals will die from hunger and dehydration additionally the article continues to explain about drought through pictures for example they use pictures to show about what was affected by the drought Capeci reports destructive wildfire are common during droughts in southwest some say that Johnson's article is better but most people would agree that her information to tell about the drought.

In the text they used ‘pretty bloody extraordinary’ to describe the project the Paterson is undertaking, the words give off an air of passion to the project. The writer gives off the impression that the whole project is extraordinary with words ‘grand, epic and phrases like ‘not a single soul’.

Drought can occur for many different reasons. Drought mostly occurs by not receiving rain or snow for a prolonged period of time. This can occur if wind patterns change. Humans can also cause drought by cutting down broad areas of trees resulting in the soil in the ground being unable to hold water, a great example of this is the dust bowl of the

Chapter Four mainly revolves around three major ideas and/or themes. These are the ideas of industrialization, empires, and war; more specifically World Wars 1 and 2. It starts by explaining the start of the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain in the mid 1800s and how it originated and the events surrounding it. Many of the key ideas in this chapter will aid me in also discussing the economic history of Sweden.

The lack of rainfall led to a drought in 1923 til 1940. Farmers needed at least 20 inches of annual rainfall in order to grow crops in dry regions like the Southern Great Plains (Document E). “ John Wesley Powell, the great Western explorer, determined that 20 inches of

The drought was brought on by changing climate in the mid-west; the drought during the Dust

4. Inventory Resources and Identify Groups at Risk- It is crucial to take an inventory of natural, biological, and human resources. For obvious reasons water is the most valuable natural resource in this situation; its location, accessibility, and quality. The biological resources refer to the quality and quantity of grasslands or rangelands, forests, wildlife, and so forth. Human resources are the labor needed to develop water resources and haul water, process citizen complaints, provide technical assistance, and direct citizens to available services. It is important to define the exposure of various parts of the region to drought hazard to determine which groups are at risk (Wilhite, Hayes, & Knutson, 2005).

The Dust Bowl drought was the worst in U.S. history that was around 1930. It was in the mid west where it covered sixty percent of the country. Millions of people had to move to other parts because it lasted four years. It was "at its peak in 1934" according to "National Climate Data Center". We already have a lot of drought in California and west although one might say it is all of the U.S. With little rain and high tempatures in the summers drys out the vegatation which become a hazard for fires. Global warming might have some to do with the problem of drought. High populations need more water, with more water being used, depletes resources of water supplies which causes drought also. People need to become more aware of the use of the use of water, a lot of people take it for granite that there is plenty out there for all of us to share. In fact, if we don't start to conserve, we might not have water like we do in the future.

Rainfall is low and unpredictable in Australia. In summary, the environmental problems there are similar to Greenland under the Norse, including deforestation, overgrazing and soil erosion, but also salinization, introduced species, water shortage and man-made droughts (Diamond, 379).

A drought is a period of drier-than-normal conditions that results in water-related problems. When rainfall is less than normal for several weeks, months, or years, the flow of streams and rivers declines, water levels in lakes and reservoirs fall, and the depth to water in wells increases. If dry weather persists and water-supply problems

Drought, like a destructing earthquake or flood, is a natural disaster. Drought is an insidious hazard to nature. It results from a deficiency of precipitation over a long period of time over an area. Precipitation is any kind of moisture like rain, snow, and sleet. One can determine how malicious a drought can be by the amount of precipitation, and how long it is (Gleick, 2006).

A drought can last for days, months, or even years, which is why many plant species have adapted to droughts. These include cactus, agave, and Living stone. During the 1930s, most of the United States was plunged into drought, which made it drier than normal. The drought began in the southwestern US in the 1930s and continued into the 1950s. This was known as the tragic

Moreover, the multi-century drought

The findings of the study addressed by this article indicated that the majority of negative implications of drought actually occur in the after the first confirmed year of drought (Leister et al, p281). Furthermore, the authors concluded the article by recommending that future studies concerning the economic impact of drought extend past the initial years of drought in order to get a more comprehensive analysis of effects (Leister et al, p282). There is an excellent point raised by the authors concerning the ripple effect caused by drought, specifically in relation to the livestock sector, “There is evidence of drought-induced culling of livestock in both 2011 and 2012 that resulted from the immediate changes in pasture and forage availability and increases in feed costs” (Leister et al, p262). This point best exemplifies the direct economic impact of drought. It’s important to recognize that this is an American article, and that the US agricultural industry is commercially orientated, whereas the Canadian agricultural industry, in my personal experience, is less so.