Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Studies.
By Maddy.
The 3 Case Studies.
Famine In Sudan.
Flooding In Bangladesh.
Quiz.
Famine In Sudan.
Causes.
Effects 1998.
Responses.
Map Of Sudan.
Back.
Causes.
Best land is used for cash crops e.g.
cotton.
Deforestation – soil erosion.
Overgrazing by goats.
Crops die.
Back.
Ef fec t 1998.
Poor roads – food could
not be distributed.
Malnutrition.
Starvation.
Famine 100,000 people died.
Refuges.
Diseases spread easily e.g cholera,
dysentery.
Back.
Responses.
Seeds, medicines, doctors, food; rice,
millet, and clean water are sent over
to Sudan.
International aid e.g red cross.
Back.
Map of Sudan.
Back.
Flooding In Bangladesh.
Bangladesh Facts. Pictures.
Causes Physical.
Causes Human.
Effects In 1998.
Flood Management In Bangladesh.
Short Term Management.
Long Term Management.
Back.
Bangladesh Facts.
Bangladesh is one of the world's
most densely populated countries! It
has a population of 125m.
It is one of the poorest countries in
the world with a GNP of $200 per
head.
It has three powerful rivers passing
through - The Ganges, The Meghan &
The Brahmaputra.
Next page.
More Facts.
It contains virtually no raw materials
or rock.
It experiences floods and tropical
storms every year.
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Physical Causes.
70% of the total area is less than 1
metre above sea level.
Snowmelt from the Himalayas takes
place in late spring & summer.
Bangladesh experiences heavy
monsoon rains.
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More Causes.
Tropical storms bring heavy rains and
coastal flooding.
The main cause was the above
average & long period of heavy rain
which caused all 3 rivers to have
their peak flow at the same time!
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Human Causes.
Deforestation in Nepal and the Himalayas
increases flooding downstream.
Urbanisation of the flood plain has
increased magnitude & frequency of
floods.
The building of dams in India has
increased the problem of sedimentation in
Bangladesh.
Global warming is blamed for sea level
rise, increased snow melt & increased
rainfall in the region.
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Effects 1998.
Over 57% of the land area was
flooded.
Over 1300 people were killed.
7 million homes were destroyed.
25 million people were made
homeless.
There was a serious shortage of
drinking water & dry food.
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More effects.
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More Long Term.
Build 350km of embankment - 7
metres high at a cost of $6 billion to
reduce flooding along the main river
channels.
Create flood water storage areas.
Develop an effective Flood Warning
Scheme.
Back.
Sustainable Development
in Snowdonia.
► National park aims.
► Snowdonia café.
► Back.
National Park Aims.
► Conservation – Looking after the area.
► Back.
Conflicts and Solutions.
Conflicts: Solutions:
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Conflicts and Solutions.
Conflicts
Solutions.
► Rare plants are
► Fenced area so
being eaten by
sheep. the sheep can
► Between not eat the rare
Conservation and plants in that
Locals. area.
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Conflicts and Solutions.
Conflicts. Solutions.
► Tourist creates
► Car parks on the
noise and traffic. edges of town.
► Between
► Better public
Recreation and transport.
locals.
► Back.
Snowdonia Café.
Back.
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• Cause
• Response
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Which of these is an effect of the
famine in Sudan ?
• Civil war
• Red cross
• Poor roads
Which of these is a disease they
get linked to water ?
• Aids
• Cholera
• Cancer
The population of Bangladesh
is….?
• 563 million
• 230 million
• 125 million
Why does Snowdonia need
managing ?
• Rare plants
• Conservation