I am going to compare the physical and human flooding causes for an MEDC; the UK and an LEDC; Bangladesh. The Boscastle Floods‚ in Cornwall occurred on August 16th 2004. Between July and September of 1998‚ Bangladesh also incurred large amounts of flooding. There were a number of physical factors causing the Boscastle floods. The village suffered from heavy rainfall. Over 2 hours‚ 0.05mm of rainfall fell per minute. In total‚ over 3 million tonnes of water was added to the small drainage basin
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References: M.U. Ghani (2002). Participatory strategy for flood mitigation in east and northeast India: case Study of the ganges–brahmaputra–meghna basin‚ p Gielen‚ Anne C.‚ Kerkhofs‚ M.‚ & Van Ours‚ J. (2010). How performance related pay affects Productivity and employment National Disaster Risk Reduction and
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after Sendong .Retrieved from http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/current-affairs-programs/07/27/12/krusada-cagayan-de-oro-7-months-after-sendong Calonzo‚ Andreo Calonzon ‚ Andreo . (2011). Foreign aid floods Sendong victims. Retrieved from http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/242464/news/nation/foreign-aid-floods-sendong-victims Chambers‚ R.‚ & Conway‚ G Grolier Encyclopedia of Knowledge. (2004). Taiwan‚ Republic of. United States of America. Grolier Encyclopedia of Knowledge. (2004). Vietnam‚ Republic of
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Displaced Persons(IDPs) due to conflict in Maluku‚ Indonesia. The year after saw the organization responding to the medical needs of the survivors of the 2001 Gujarat earthquake. Later in 2001‚ MERCY Malaysia responded to the survivors of the Cambodia floods in Kampong Cham. In October 2001‚ the organization sent a team to Afghanistan to serve the IDPs at refugee camps. In 2002‚ MERCY Malaysia continued to deliver more medical relief and grew its operations along the way. The organization continued
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WHAT IS A NATURAL DISASTER A natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth; examples include floods‚ volcanic eruptions‚ earthquakes‚ tsunamis‚ and other geologic processes. A natural disaster can cause loss of life or property damage‚[1] and typically leaves some economic damage in its wake‚ the severity of which depends on the affected population’s resilience‚ or ability to recover.[2] In 2012‚ there were 905 natural disasters worldwide‚ 93% of which were
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describe and explain the different impacts of flooding. (25) Floods make a big impact on the environment and society. Floods can destroy drainage systems in cities. Also in cases of severe floods‚ buildings can be damaged and even destroyed. This can lead to catastrophic events on the environment and society. Floods also cause millions of pounds worth of damage. However‚ floods do have a slight positive effect on the environment as floods spread sediment-containing nutrients to soil that might never
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this industry‚ presents recent data on the sector’s performance‚ and evaluates future trends in the international and domestic clothing industry. More specifically‚ the paper evaluates the negative impact of the 1998 floods on the industry. It concludes that although the impact of the flood was unexpectedly benign‚ the entrepreneurs face important challenges from the health of the domestic banking sector‚ the East Asian economic crisis‚ and the deregulation of the global clothing business as a result
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Title of case study: The Tewkesbury floods of 2007 Level of development: a country at a further stage of development Location:to include a map where relevant Date/s: 20-27 Jul 2007 Cause/s: · Tewkesbury is vulnerable to flood events due to its geographical location with two sizeable rivers‚ the Severn and the Avon‚ meeting in the town which both overflowed · The summer of 2007 in England and Wales was the wettest since records began in 1766 due to a low pressure system over the
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MP A R Munich Personal RePEc Archive Natural hazards and disaster management in Pakistan Himayatullah Khan and Abuturab Khan 12. October 2008 Online at http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/11052/ MPRA Paper No. 11052‚ posted 12. October 2008 23:59 UTC Natural hazards and disaster management in Pakistan Himayatullah Khan Professor‚ Department of Development Studies COMSATS Institute of Information Technology‚ Abbottabad and Institute of Development Studies NWFP Agricultural University‚ Peshawar
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Introduction The Brahmaputra River‚ Bangladesh‚ is one of the world’s great rivers‚ ranking in the top three in terms of both sediment and water discharge. The high water and sediment discharges are generated by the monsoon-dominated floods and the tectonic setting‚ which provides abundant sediment from Himalayan uplift into the subsiding Bay of Bengal. It is a major river of Central and South Asia. It flows some 1‚800 miles (2‚900 km) from its source in the Himalayas to its confluence with the Ganges
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