case study the thames estuary and thames barrier
casestudy information on the thames estuary including the thames barrier
- Created by: ben mackett
- Created on: 11-05-14 13:02
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- London and the thames estuary
- 1953
- badly flooded
- flood defences collapsed
- effects
- loss of lives
- evacuation
- property damadge
- today
- if floods financial diaster
- social distress
- people and the thames
- 1.5mil work near thames
- 100 billion property woth
- 1.25mil live near thames
- huge value
- thames barrier
- built in 1974-1984
- cost 534mil old money
- cost 1.6bil today money
- raises 4 times per year average
- since built to 2007 raised 200 times
- expected to work until 2030-2050
- 1953
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