Coastal flooding-case study

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What is the Maldives?
group of Islands in the Indian Ocean
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What is the population?
300,000 people
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How many islands?
1190 of which 199 are inhabited
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Average island height?
1.5m above sea level-80% of the land below 1m
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What are the 4 types of effects?
economic , social , environmental , politocal
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What two types of economic effect?
1)loss of tourism 2)disrupted fishing industry
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What two types of social effect?
1)houses damaged or destroyed 2)less freshwater available
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What two types of environmental effect?
1)loss of beaches 2)loss of soil
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What three types of political effect?
1) The government asked the Japanese government to give 60 million dollars to build a 3m sea wall to protect Male 2)changes to environmental polices 3)changes to long term plans
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Average island height?

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