Management of Coastal Flooding Bangladesh Flashcards
What does a high proportion of Bangladesh’s land occupy?
Delta land or near sea level.
What is the flat land ideal for?
Rice growing.
How many people live in the region?
40 million.
Densely populated.
What increases the likelihood of storm surges?
Funnel shaped bay of Bengal.
What management has been put in place?
Policy - allow the delta to be inundated but to defend capital.
Flood wall built for this purpose.
What is a negative about the flood wall?
It means that the water is unable to flow back into the river when the flood recedes.
What protection is put in place in Bangladesh?
Flood warnings given.
Difficult for Bangladesh to respond as little high land to escape to.
Sheltered areas - 100,000 needed but fewer then 500.
Why has Bangladesh have a weak economic development?
The economic distribution caused by flooding.
What is BANGLADESHES project called?
Coastal Embankment Project.
What does Bangladeshes coastal embankment project consist of?
Shelters and embankments built together with sluices.
Mangroves.
Flood warning systems improved
Why are mangroves good for coastal protection?
Act as a natural buffer against sea incursions
Give an example of a tropical cyclone?
1997, tropical cyclone warning in Cox’s Bazaar area of the country allowed evacuation of over 300 people.
Death toll under 100 people.
POSITIVE.
OVERALL.
Appropriate management policies are in place, but funding is not available to extend them to all parts of the coastline that need them.
