Bangladesh

Bangladesh

1. Causes

   • Long Term
     • Urbanisation
     • 80% of Bangladesh is on a flood plain
     • Most of Bangladesh is only 1 meter above sea level
     • Material deposited in river bed reduces amount of water that can be carried by the river
   • Short Term
     • Monsoon climate
     • Deforestation
     • High sea level
     • High rainfall
     • Cyclones
     • Heavy snow and rain

2. Effects

   • Long Term
     • 57% of land covered by water
     • 1000 people killed
     • $1billion of damage
     • Thousands made homeless
   • Short Term
     • No available drinking water
     • Diseases and infections

3. Solutions

   • Long Term
     • Sluice Gates
     • Coastal defence
     • Flood proofing-irrigation
     • Improved flood fore casting
   • Short Term
     • 400,00 tons of rice from the UK
     • 1.25million tons of wheat from Canada
     • Egypt and Saudi Arabia donated money for medicine
     • UK gave metal for bridges.