Case Study -Bareges, France - 2013
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Objective: To build up an understanding of the causes and effects of a severe flash flood event in the French town of Barèges in June 2013.
Approach 1 (IST students) - Please use the case study booklet hyperlinked above to complete the activities set out. The resources can be found on this page. The Google Map with videos embedded can be accessed by clicking on the tab below. 
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The Interactive YouTube Study - For non IST students.
Approach 2 - Use the 14 min 39 video below, stopping and starting when prompted and taking notes.
Putting together the case study.
You are now in a position to start putting together your work into a coherent and iGCSE quality case study. You should use the information that you have gathered so far today as well as the links below to build your study using the following guidelines:
1. Location of the town of Barèges. Include site, situation and a good quality sketch map.
2. Modern day functions and value of the town. Include images where appropriate.
3. Pre-conditions including snow cover and cold conditions (storage) into the summer season as well as relief and vegetation cover (linking to runoff and interception rates)
4. The perfect storm - snow melt & heavy rainfall and specify dates. Link in to pre-conditions above.
5. The flash flood - effects on the town, the infrastructure and the economy.
6. Made worse by humans? - outline the issues caused by human activity in the region and their contributions to the flood event in Barèges.
7. The update - Four months later (YouTube video). Re-building, demolishing and priorities.
You may use the images below. They were taken by Mr Podbury and are copyright free.
Exam Practice
Using a familiar case study, outline the causes and effects of a flood event that you have studied. (7)
Using suitable case study material, explain the immediate dangers posed by flash flood events? (5)
Outline the ways in which human activity has exacerbated (made worse) the effects of flooding in a location that you have studied. (7)
How does relief and vegetation cover affect the speed in which rainwater reaches the river channel (in the hydrological cycle)? (4)
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What Can Be Done To Mange The Flood Risk?
Outside geographypods' house, major flash flood event in Conwy 1993
Objective: To find out how flooding risks can be minimised.
Flooding becomes a problem if there are people involved.
Flooded floodplain + No People = No Problem
There are two main reasons that flooding has increased:
1. The concreting and tarmacking of urban areas.
2. Increasing building development on the flood plain i.e. houses and light industry.
Watch both videos below. Complete the worksheet by clicking on the tab beneath.
Flooding becomes a problem if there are people involved.
Flooded floodplain + No People = No Problem
There are two main reasons that flooding has increased:
1. The concreting and tarmacking of urban areas.
2. Increasing building development on the flood plain i.e. houses and light industry.
Watch both videos below. Complete the worksheet by clicking on the tab beneath.
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What has happened in Bareges since 2013?
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Task - Watch the video to the right. It shows you a report in the town of Bareges one year after the devastating flood even that we previously studied. Take notes on how the works that have taken place aim to stop flooding in the town of Bareges in the future. Is this an example of hard or soft engineering? Take at least one screen shot to give your description some context. |
Opportunities Of Living on Floodplains & Deltas
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Living on a delta
River Nile |
Floodplains & Climate Change
Bangladesh |
Task 1 - Use the worksheet below to take notes on the opportunities provided by living on deltas and floodplains in both Egypt and Bangladesh.
