BANGLADESH FLOODING CASE STUDY Flashcards
1
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1988 SOCIAL IMPACTS
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> 23 million made homeless
- 1/4 children under 5 malnourished
- diarrhoea and dysentery in contaminated water
- > 1000 schools destroyed
2
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1988 ECONOMIC IMPACTS
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- textile and shrimp productions (largest productions) below 20% normal earnings
- 400 textile factories forced to close=jobless
3
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1988 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
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- 660000 hectares of crops badly damaged
- countries entire stacks of rice wiped out
4
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2007 social impacts
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- > 300 people died 35 from snakebites
- diarrhoea and snakebites
- 300000 moved to refugee camps
5
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2007 economic impacts
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cost of refugee camps
6
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2007 environmental impacts
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- 565000 hectares of farmland lost
- 10000km roads submerged
