Geography GCSE
Infrastructure adaptation
What Infrastructure adaptation means in Geography GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Infrastructure adaptation
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Reference: AQA
Raising buildings on piles or insulating pipes so that heat does not melt the permafrost, which significantly increases development costs.
Topics that use Infrastructure adaptation
- Cold environments (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Active layer
- Biodiversity loss
- Conservation groups
- Ecosystem fragility
- Energy development
- Extreme temperatures
- Human-environment conflict
- Inaccessibility
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