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What are the impacts on host countries of voluntary migration?

Using the UK as a case study, voluntary migration has benefits and costs to the host nantion. Voulntary migration can help balance demographic changes to sustain a healthy working age population. In doing...

Answered by Francesca B. Geography tutor
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Discuss the relative importance of human and physical causes of desertification. [15 marks]

Desertification is the expansion of dry desert conditions into areas that previously had not experienced them. This is characterized by lower soil productivity and a depletion of natural resources. There ...

Answered by Oliver S. Geography tutor
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What is a physical reason why river basins are naturally vulnerable to flooding?

One reason is due to a lack of vegetation in a river basin. Vegetation acts as a barrier to surface runoff, therefore it reduces overland flow. If vegetation is limited, water will quickly enter river cha...

Answered by Daniel H. Geography tutor
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With an example, describe what is meant by a destructive plate boundary and what feature (s) may form as a result.

A destructive plate boundary exists when a continental and oceanic plate boundary meet. The oceanic plate descends underneath the oceanic plate as it is denser.  The build-up of friction between the two p...

Answered by Michael H. Geography tutor
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What is the difference between weather and climate?

Both terms describe changes in atmospheric conditions, but on different timescales. Weather describes short-term variation (i.e. daily and hourly) whereas climate refers to long-term trends of change happ...

Answered by Emil B. Geography tutor
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