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16 Cards in this Set
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CAUSES
How much rainfall fell in 24 hours? |
35cm
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CAUSES
What is the percentage of land that are floodplains? |
80%
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How much of Bangladesh lies under 10m above sea level? |
75%
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How many people live in the capital of Dhaka
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1 million
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CAUSES
What is the GDP per capita? What's wrong with this figure? |
$300
Little money for the country because they rely on subsistence farming which means river management is low |
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SOCIAL EFFECT
How many people were made homeless? |
36 million
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SOCIAL EFFECT- PRIMARY AND SECONDARY
How many people died? |
800 died from immediate wave or dirty water
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SOCIAL/ECONOMIC EFFECT
How many roads were destroyed? |
13,500km
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SOCIAL/ECONOMIC EFFECT
How many acres of crops were lost? |
1.5 million
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ECONOMIC EFFECT
How much money was lost in the clothes industry? |
$3 million
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ENVIRONMENT EFFECT
What percentage of the land flooded? |
38%
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PRIMARY RESPONSE
How long did the World Bank loan money? |
5 years
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PRIMARY RESPONSE
How many shelters were opened? |
5,000
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How many people used the shelters?
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1.6 million
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PRIMARY RESPONSE
What did the United Nations do? |
Set up disaster management for emergency support, "damage and needs" assessments took place
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SECONDARY RESPONSE
How much was loaned for rehabilitation purposes? |
$180 million
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