A River - River Ganges Bangladesh

Case study 1 - Opportunities presented by a river

• Irrigation for crops depending on season
• Helps for agriculture of rice and jute in Bangladesh
• Deposit of minerals from flooding
• Provides food such as fish and jobs

Case study 2 -
• Deforestation which leads to less absorption of water and more
runoff
• Urbanisation which leads to increase in global warming due to urban
settlements and results into melting glaciers which leads to
flooding
• over grazing due to soil computation hence leading to flooding
• river damming in India also caused sedimentation and increased
flooding

Case study 3 - impacts of flooding

• More than 1000 people died
• Many rice planes destroyed , up to 2 million tonnes which lead to
many economic losses
• 400 factories closed down which also lead to 20% decrease in the
country’s GDP
• Lead to increasing prices for food

Case study 4 - management of flooding

• Better water pumping and drainage systems n=manufactured
• Rescue boats set to many locations
• Warning systems all around the area
• Dhaka flood project initialised for providing rescue teams and
shelter