Aufgabe HT 3 · Abitur NRW Geographie GK · Haupttermin · bilingual Englisch 2021

Abiturprüfung 2021 – Geographie bilingual-englisch, Grundkurs

Topic: Expanding Infrastructure as a Trigger for Sustainable Development? – Case Study: Stiegler's Gorge Dam Project, Tanzania

Materialgrundlage

Doc. 1: Atlas – Maps of Your Choice

Doc. 2: Tanzania – Socio-Economic Data

Doc. 3: Tanzania – Physical Map

Doc. 4: Tanzania – Precipitation

Doc. 5: Tanzania – Forecast: Electricity Generation and Electricity Demand

* total electricity consumption 2019 = 100.

Note: Grid losses refer to the difference between the amount of electricity which is generated and the amount of electricity which is actually used. Grid losses in Central Europe amount to approx. 6 %.

Doc. 6: Stiegler's Gorge Dam Project – Facts and Figures

Doc. 7: Tanzania – Electricity Grid

Doc. 8: Tanzania Development Vision 2025 (published in 2016)

The Tanzania Development Vision 2025 envisages Tanzania becoming a middle-income country [...] by 2025, an objective which will [...] require an increase in GDP per capita to US$ 3,000 in 2025. Achieving this goal makes rapid economic growth necessary, driven by a sufficiently available, reliable, affordable and environmentally friendly power supply. Therefore, electricity generation capacity needs to be increased from 1,583 MW to at least 10,000 MW by 2025.

Assignments

1.

Locate Tanzania and characterize the country's state of development. (22 Punkte)

2.

Illustrate how suitable the Rufiji Basin is for generating hydroelectric power, and how the Stiegler's Gorge Dam Project is built and what it aims to achieve. (29 Punkte)

3.

Comment on the question posed in the topic. (29 Punkte)