Tuvalu- case study
- Created by: tasha.berkley
- Created on: 19-05-19 14:55
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- Tuvalu
- EFFECTS
- small, cramped housing.
- uninhabitable by 2050
- flooding is more frequent. may road is flooded on funafuti
- 4000 (1/3 pop) already moved to Nz
- 5mm rainfall above normal.
- WHERE
- South Pacific Ocean NE of Australia
- coral atoll
- 10-12000 people
- 5 m max elevation.
- RESPONSE
- gov wants to move the rest 10,000 people .
- some low level sea walls
- importing food + water
- global fund, water aid
- composting toilets (sewage issues)
- CAUSES- of sea level rise
- global warming
- thermal expansion
- ice caps melting (Greenland)
- EFFECTS
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