The maldives
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- Created on: 27-09-19 18:39
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- Case Study: The Maldives
- Majority of the country is on average the same height as the sea level.
- A collection of 1,190 small islands off the South Coast of Sri Lanka in the Indian Ocean.
- Only 350000 people live across all the islands.
- I/3 of the population live in the capital city called Male.
- 80% of the whole land is less than 1 metre above the sea level
- The entire country may be lost altogether ; a rise of 0.5 meters of sea by 2100 would mean that 77% of the Maldives would be under sea.
- Male, The Capital City: in 2008 japan offered $60 million to help them build a sea wall
- It's a medium term solution, they need repairing. This is only protecting Male.
- Drinking Water: They are scarce water supplies due to the sea level rising and groundwater has been contaminated with salt.
- This means the residents have to use rainwater.
- Tourism: 90% of profit comes from tourits and tourism.
- However, the 2004 tsunami has wiped out a lot of sandy beaches and the Maldives has seen a drop in the tourism.
- Future Plan: Daily beach replenishment where employees spend 3-4 hours daily digging out sand from the sea bed and putting it back on the beach. This hard work and not sustainable.
- Future Plan: Islands that float. Artificial islands have been proposed by a dutch company that would be made in India and dragged down to the Maldives by boat.
- They would be held in place by a series of cables to stop migration. The islands would attract a lot of tourists since they would have different themes such as golf and sport.
- Future Plan: Maldivians moving to Australia if their country disappears completely.
- This is a last resort and Australia would have to consider thousands of environmental refugees seeking a new home.
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