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  1. Kerala flood case study

    The Natural Environment iGCSE Geography. The main types and features of volcanoes; The main features of earthquakes; ... Kerala flood case study Kerala. Kerala is a state on the southwestern Malabar Coast of India. The state has the 13th largest population in India. Kerala, which lies in the tropical region, is mainly subject to the humid ...

  2. Assessing the socio-environmental challenges by floods in 2017: a case

    Northern Bangladesh is more vulnerable to climatic variability, flash floods, upstream heavy rainfall, early floods during the pre-monsoon period, two or three times flooding in a certain year, and poverty as well. This paper explicitly focuses on the socio-environmental challenges associated with the 2017 flood disaster in northern Bangladesh. This study is based on mixed methods. Almost data ...

  3. Causes, impacts and patterns of disastrous river floods

    Haraguchi, M. & Lall, U. Flood risks and impacts: a case study of Thailand's floods in 2011 and research questions for supply chain decision making. Int. J. Dis.

  4. Flooding case study

    Learn about and revise river flooding, and hard and soft engineering strategies to prevent flooding, with GCSE Bitesize Geography (Eduqas). ... Eduqas Flooding case study - Cumbria, 2021.

  5. Flood mitigation case studies

    Use the materials below to create TWO case studies on FLOOD MITIGATION. Each case study should include: An outline of the nature of the flood hazard in the study area. This should include: Evaluation of the success of flood mitigation strategies. You should aim to include annotated images, diagrams, sketches to support your case studies.

  6. Flooding Case studies GCSE

    He described the floods as a slow-moving tsunami. The effect of the floods. · At least 1600 people died. · 20 million Pakistanis were affected (over 10% of the population), 6 million needed food aid. · Whole villages were swept away, and over 700,000 homes were damaged or destroyed.

  7. Case study: Bangladesh

    Learn and revise about rivers and why they flood. Examine hydrographs and case studies of recent world flooding disasters with BBC Bitesize KS3 Geography.

  8. GCSE Geography

    One of the worse incidents of flooding in recent years took place in the Somerset Levels in Jan and Feb 2014 - with many villages underwater for several weeks. Somerset is in south-west England. The Somerset Levels and the Somerset Moors form an extensive area of low-lying farmland and wetlands, which are bordered by the Bristol Channel and Quantock Hills to the west and the Mendip Hills to ...

  9. PDF Case Study Notes

    The Sheffield Floods of 2007. Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire that experienced devastating floods in June 2007. Heavy and prolonged rainfall overwhelmed the city's drainage systems, and the River Don - which flows through Sheffield - burst its banks. This caused widespread flooding and many issues in Sheffield: 2 people died, over ...

  10. PDF Case Study Notes

    The Somerset Levels are an area of low-lying coastal plains and wetlands located in the south-west of the UK in the county of Somerset. Several rivers flow through the Somerset Levels and drain into the Bristol Channel, notably the River Tone and River Parrett. The low-lying nature of the area makes it prone to flooding, and settlements and ...

  11. MetLink

    The devastation floods can cause. About 10,000 people died in a single flood in the Netherlands in 1421. Water from the North Sea flooded inland and swept through 72 villages, leaving a trail of destruction. Further severe floods struck the region in 1570, 1825, 1894, 1916 and 1953. All of them occurred despite the area having extensive flood ...

  12. Flooding 3: Response to floods: Oxford Case Study

    Flood risk and flood management: Introduction. Flooding 1: Causes of river floods. Flooding 2: Investigating the effects of river floods. Flooding 4: Managing the upper drainage basin. Flooding 5: Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) Flooding 6: Managing river floods - exploring the role of the Environment Agency.

  13. 1.3.3 Flooding

    Flooding occurs when the capacity of the river channel is exceeded. The water flows over the banks and onto the surrounding area. Flooding is usually the result of heavy or prolonged rainfall. The key factor is the time taken for the precipitation to reach the river from where it falls - the lag time. The shorter the lag time, the higher the ...

  14. Flooding Case Study: Bangladesh

    19.1.1 Physical Geography of the Middle East. 19.1.2 Human Geography of the Middle East. 19.1.3 Climate Zones in the Middle East. ... 8.2.5 Flooding Case Study: Consequences of Boscastle. 8.2.6 Flooding Case Study: Responses to Boscastle. 8.2.7 Flooding Case Study: Bangladesh.

  15. Case Study: The Mississippi River Flood of 1993

    The Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri, was above flood stage for 144 days between April 1 and September 30, 1993. Approximately 3 billion cubic meters of water overflowed from the river channel onto the floodplain downstream from St. Louis. All large Midwestern streams flooded including the Mississippi, Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, Des ...

  16. Boscastle Case Study GCSE

    The Brown Willy Effect. In the days preceding the flood, the whole of the South West of England had experienced stormy weather with heavy rainfall, so the ground was saturated. On the 16th of August, there was heavy rain, 125mm had fallen in Boscastle alone within a few hours. The river levels rising due to high amounts of rainfall.

  17. PDF Pakistan Floods, 2010

    devastating river floods that were the worst within living memory. The previous flood event that came close to their severity was in 1929, and water levels in the River Indus, which runs the length of the country, were said to be the highest in 110 years. The humanitarian disaster which unfolded in the wake of the flooding directly affected

  18. PDF IGCSE Geography

    Using a familiar case study, outline the causes and effects of a flood event that you have studied. (7) Using suitable case study material, explain the immediate dangers posed by flash flood events? (5) Outline the ways in which human activity has exacerbated (made worse) the effects of flooding in a location that you have studied. (7)

  19. Flood Management Scheme

    A case study of a sparsely populated area - Himalayan Mountains; ... The Great Floods of 2000; Kerala flood case study; Rocks, Resources and Scenery. ... Geography Case Studies. Latest Blog Entries. AQA GCSE Geography Pre-release Resources 2024 24 March 2024 - 10:27 pm.