Bagladesh - Hkdse Geography

SACRED HEART CANOSSIAN COLLEGE

HKDSE Geography – Case Study Report

Date: 22nd April, 2015

Name: Suki Leung (11) Class: 5C Block: 3

Reference(s):

(Title(s) of book / CD-ROM / website, name(s) of the author, publisher(s), ISBN No., SHCC Library Call No., Website address(es) etc.)

Raging Floods, Louise and Richard Spilsbury, 550 SPI 2004

Flooding and Drought, Clive Gifford, 551.51 GIH 2009

World Disasters—Flood, Brian Knapp, 551.48 KNA 1989

Natural Disasters- the terrifying forces of nature Karen Farrington 363.8 FAR 1999

Summary

Focused issue:        Flooding in Bangladesh on 20 July 1998

General information e.g. name of the country / city, location (continent, latitude, longitude etc.), physical environment, population, level of development of economic activities etc.:

Bangladesh is a country of Asia, bordering the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and India where over 160 million people live where. It is at delta of three major rivers- the Gangers, Brahmaputra and Meghna. Its latitude and longitude are 24 00 N, 90 00 E. The level of development of economic activities is low mainly from agriculture sector with rice as the single-most-important product.

Focus (es) of the case study:

State the focus (es) of the case study and give relevant details from what you read.

Focus on the case : Bangladesh is a tropical countries, it is warm all year round. Flooding came after sudden heavy rainstorms or when large waves of seawater caused by earthquakes, hurricanes typhoons hit land. On 20th July 1998 in Bangladesh, due to heavy monsoon rains and unusually high tides flooded over two-thirds of the country for nine weeks. Thirty million people were affected. Around 1000 people were drowned, electrocuted or bitten by poisonous snakes in the water. Many more people suffered as diseases such as dysentery spread. Food and drinking water became scarce. Local flood planning could not cope. One flood shelter had just three toilets for 2000 people. Ruined roads, bridges and rail tracks meant villages were cut off. Other countries and organizations helped by sending aid, including steel bridges and snacks of wheat. After the floods, the country invested in building thousands of km of new levees, but this may just mean that future flood will affect different areas.