Increasing risks- venice and contanou 4.0 / 5 based on 2 ratings ? GeographyASEdexcel Created by: Miss TCreated on: 14-01-13 09:39 VENICE, NORTH EAST ITALY world heritage site known for agriculture - want to preserve land long lagoon stretches from one river to another. sea levels risen by 2 meters - floods 200 days of the year, before this only used to be 7 days a year fresh water is not pumped out of the river and melting ice caps, silt and methane gas continue to city lowering - sinking land moses project - gates raised when tides come to stop water building buildings from impermeable rock? 1 of 2 CONTANOU, BENIN - LEDC biggest city in west africa population of over 1 million narrow ***** of land shoreline retreated by 400 meters - loss of 112 hectares of land sea lever rise ecosystems at risk - tourist area if retreating still happend there will be a loss of holiday homes construction of groynes - management 195 hectares of land will be lost in the next 20 years - implications of food growth, tsetse fly gives diseases low sanitatin because of water. malaria from mosquitos - trying to provide mosquito nets and vacinations in the long term the land will still retreat - going to move Benin to keep people safe 2 of 2
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