GEOGRAPHY IN THE NEWS
Slumdog Millionaire: New film released which tells the story of a young boy living in a Mumbai slum. This newspaper article describes the conditions there and interviews 8 young inhabitants.
"Amid a narrow warren of side streets close to the mosque that dominates the skyline on the edge of the mega-slum of Dharavi, in the heart of Mumbai, a young boy tilts his head back and stares up at the narrow strip of blue which is all that can be seen of the sky. Rickety warehouses crowd in from all sides, their high sheet-metal walls and overhanging asbestos roofs blocking out the sun, plunging the dirt streets below into a gloomy half-light, though it is nearly midday." Guradian Dec. 2008.
Volcano erupts in Chile Chile has evacuated more than 150 people who had returned to the southern town of Chaiten after it was destroyed by a volcanic eruption last year. February 2009.
Volcano erupts near Tokyo. Japan's Mount Asama volcano has erupted, spewing smoke almost 2km (1.3 miles) into the air and causing ash to drift over parts of the capital, Tokyo. February 2009
Coastal village living on the edge. Erosion threatening Happisburgh.
Obesity in Britain - a ticking time bomb? The government launched a healthy living campaign in January in a bid to stem rising numbers of obesity in England, after a report warned that by 2050 90% of today's children will be overweight or obese.
PICTURE OF THE MONTH
Wave Cut Platform on the South Wales Coast
TRAVEL & TOURISM
YEAR 12
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topics: settlement , tectonics, industry, rivers, coasts, development
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The weather in Gloucester