Rhine River Case Study

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Questions to answer: 
1) Describe the factors that make the Rhine River the "Industrial Heartland". What area would be the industrial heartland of North America? (4 marks)
So what makes Rhine River the industrial heartland? It is a river which links different European countries together. It helps transport goods, people and ideas to these different countries.countries. It enables industrialization to take place in a more effectively because of the location the river runs through.The region around the north-eastern united states, the great lakes and Midwest stares is the industrial heart land of america. It is surrounded by water which causes it to be a suitable area for trad and the growth in the economies.  There a stronger link built near the lakes because it is in between Canada and USA. Because of the large body of water industrialization is able to occur. The water allows people to transport themselves, goods and their ideas.

2) Analyze the impact that human activity has had on the Rhine River basin. (4 marks)
Humans have a huge impact on the Rhine River basin. Much of the riverside of Rhine's marsh and floodplain was used to hold back flood water got replaced with farmland and various other buildings.Urbanization in the Rhine area has been a negative aspect as it helps the flooding to occur. Mainly because the concrete and tarmac sends more water to the river. People use the upper Rhine for generating hydroelectric power which can cause an erosion. The rivers have been involved in a straightening process due to improved navigation for shopping. This means the distance has been reduced by at least fifty kilometres whereas before it was about one thousand kilometres. Thus the reason the water moves downstream much more quickly now.

3) Suggest solutions to the environmental problems of the Rhine Riber basin and explain why these solutions may be difficult to implement. (4 marks)
Some solutions that can help the environment problems could be to promote water efficiency strategies. This can help decrease the amount of water being wasted. People can protect the water from pollution by fining solutions that can show the public is helpful. For instance green infrastructure can be a solution! Helping cities prepare for water changes can help save the Rhine river. Ensuring waterways have enough water o support aquatic ecosystems can also be another solution. Although these ideas seem great they could be difficult to implant because the Rhine river is very large at size. It goes through multiple cities such as France, Austria and Germany. It is difficult to implant in each area of those countries as everyone's point of views are different.