coastal
- Created by: Aimee Ford
- Created on: 11-12-12 12:18
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- coastal flooding
- Mumbai coastal zone
- 2.8million people live
- by 2070 risk of flooding increased to 11m
- city is only 10-15m above sea level
- narrow landmass surrounded 3 sides of sea
- legally protected since 1991
- Sundarbans
- mono-culture
- largest mangrove forests in the world
- 3.1cm average sea level risen in the past 20 years
- four islands have been lost
- 6000 families homeless
- by 2020 - the rising sea level and soil erosion threaten to displace 30,000 people
- four islands have been lost
- need to discuss:
- growth of the prawn monoculture
- erosion caused by barraging of rivers
- Mangroves
- wetlands with trees roots under the water level, prone to flooding and sea levels increasing
- a tidal swamp
- examples - Fiji and south pacific islands
- Mumbai coastal zone
- city is only 10-15m above sea level
- narrow landmass surrounded 3 sides of sea
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