Infrastructure
What Infrastructure means in Geography GCSE, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: AQA
Physical defences such as flood embankments or temporary barriers that defend against rising water.
The basic physical and organizational structures and facilities (e.g., buildings, roads, power supplies, reservoirs) needed for the operation of a society.
Topics that use Infrastructure
- Weather hazards (AQA GCSE)
- The impacts of, and responses to drought vary depending on a country's level of development (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Adaptive Capacity
- Atmospheric circulation
- Case study application
- Coriolis Effect
- Economic consequences
- Environmental degradation
- Extreme weather
- Eye
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