Maldives case study Geography
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- Created on: 03-12-16 19:40
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- The maldives
- 300,000 people 1190 islands (199 inhabited) average island height = 1.5m
- economic
- disrupted fishing industry
- loss of tourism
- lower income
- disrupted fishing industry
- lower income
- cut off from world
- social
- houses damaged/ destroyed
- communities homeless
- water supplies polluted
- environmental
- loss of beaches
- habitats damaged /destroyed /exposed
- loss of soil (only 20cm deep)
- plants cant grow
- loss of beaches
- political
- asked Japan for 60 million $ to build 3m sea wall around Male
- have pledged to become carbon neutral
- wants to buy land in places like India and Australia
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