Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Maldives, coastal
flooding
- Economic
- loss of tourism-tourism is
the largest industry there
- disrupted fishing
industry-fish are the
Maldives' largest export
- Social
- houses damaged or destroyed
- less freshwater available- the water has
become contaminated with salt water
- Environmental
- loss of beaches-coastal
flooding wears away beaches
on the islands at a rapid rate
- loss of soil-the soil on
most of the island is
shallow
- Political
- the Maldives government had
to ask the Japanese
government to give them $60
million to build sea defences
- changes to environmental policies
- changes to long term plans- the government
is thinking of buying land in other countries
and moving Maldivians there