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Human Geography

You have been asked by the Mayor of your council to advise on the possible measures the council should undertake to reduce the damage caused by flooding by a stream in a plain at the periphery of the settlement which is rapidly developing. Which of the following measures would you advise them not to undertake?

Widen and deepen the stream channel where possible to increase its cross- sectional area.

Deforestate the hills from which the stream rises so that rain water can move away rapidly and not c

Straighten the course of the meandering stream by cutting through the necks of some meanders.

Reinforce the natural embankments and make them higher along banks of the stream.

A country's population is growing at 2% a year and the population of that country is 10 million inhabitants.

Calculate the doubling time of that country's population given that DT 70/growth rate.

None.

35 years.

25 years.

45 years. e) 55 years.

Which of the following is not a characteristic of minimally connected networks?

Number of edges is less than number of vertices.

The removal of one edge totally disconnects one part of the network from the rest.

The network is expensive to build but cheaper to use.

Journeys are usually long, slow, tedious and costly.

Which of the following best describes the process whereby an increasing proportion of the population lives in urban areas

Urbanization.

Urban growth.

Urban expansion.

Urban development.

In which pair of urban settlements are leisure parks found in Cameroon.

Kumba and Bamenda.

Bafoussam and Maroua.

Maroua and Douala.

Yaounde and Limbe.