geograhpy rivers- bangladesh floods case study

• desnsly populated
• land covers delta of three rivers
• flooding common
• tropical cyclones
• snow melt
• urban buliding on flood plains- cutting down trees

                   - more surface run off

                   - less interception

• half bangladesh flooded
• 760 killed
• 8.5 million homeless
• 35 million effected
• rice and fish frming destroyed
• communications destroyed

• 1 million children suffer from malnutrition and disease
• rebuilding costs $2.3 million
• food aid is needed for 1 year as bangladesh cannot support itself yet

• emergancy aid (food, water tablets, plastic sheets, boats, medicine)
• distribution is hard as most areas are under water
• rebuilding houses and jobs (farming and fishing)

• flood action plan:

        -  river enbankment

        - levees

        - 3500km of coastal and river enbankment

• dams built
• flood shelters
• emergancy supplies put in place