Coastal flooding in Bangladesh

Aims

You will understand how coastal flooding occurs in Bangladesh. (Causes)

How does coastal flooding affect peoples lives? (Effects, Citizenship)

How can the problem of coastal flooding be limited to help the people of Bangladesh.

Where is Bangladesh?

Is Bangladesh a MEDC or LEDC?

Bangladesh is a Less Economically Developed Country.

What are the causes of coastal flooding in Bangladesh?

Bangladesh is a low lying

country.Cyclones are common in The Bay of Bengal.

Three major rivers flow through Bangladesh: Ganges, Brahmaputra, Maghna.

Bangladesh has very few sea defences as they are expensive

What are the effects of coastal flooding in Bangladesh?

Many people are made homeless by the flood.

Diseases such as Malaria and Cholera develop in the warm damp conditions.

Many people drown in the floodwaters.

Crops are destroyed by the floodwaters creating food shortages.

The floods cost millions of $ of damage.

How can the effects of coastal flooding be limited in Bangladesh? (Solutions)

Grow mangrove swamps into the sea.

Build coastal sea defences.

Build dams in the upper course of the rivers.

Better warning systems.