Investor Presentaiton
Urban Flooding: A Recurring Problem in Dhaka
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বস্তু ও পটি মুক্তপালয়
বাংলাদেশ তাঁত বোর্ড
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Flooding batters the city, affecting communications,
livelihoods and service facilities every monsoon.
The fringe areas, slums and shanties suffer more.
■Recent Devastating Floods: 1974, 1987, 1988, 1998, 2004,
2007, 2009.
Dhaka Urban Flooding: Three Potential Threats
Natural Factors: Flat topography and low relief
of the area
■ Developmental
Factors: unplanned and
unregulated urbanization, low capacity drainage
and sewerage infrastructure that have not kept
pace with the growth of the city or demand for
services, siltation in available channels,
obstructions, mainly through uncontrolled
construction in the natural flow of the storm
water, reclamation of and construction in natural
drainage areas (marshlands), etc.
Climate Change Aspects: More erratic rainfall
and increase in the frequency and intensity of
extreme rainfall events.
08/12/2016
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