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Sea level rise MEDC
- Why the UK is subject to sea level rise
- Global warming - the ice caps are melting
which means more water in the worlds oceans
- Sea levels are rising faster in the UK (east) where many lowland
areas are located (1-2 millimetres per year) but the increase is
double the average in the east and south of England.
- Strong wind and storm events are increasing
- Isostatic rebound
- Scotland rising and SE sinking
- Global warming - the ice caps are melting
which means more water in the worlds oceans
- Impacts of sea level rise
- Social
- People will be forced to move
from their houses when they flood, breaking up the community.
- Being an MEDC it will be easier to adapt to build houses that float
- 69 tube stations, 400 schools and 16 hospitals are also in the area
- People will be forced to move
from their houses when they flood, breaking up the community.
- Environmental
- Trees, freshwater lakes and farmland will all be lost
- Trees, freshwater lakes and farmland will all be lost
- Economic
- Loss of jobs and offices
- People can't sell their homes
- Jobs will be created (architects will
be employed to design new homes)
- 1.5 million commuters work
in Thames-side locations
- Property assets are estimated at £100 billion
- Infrastructure value is too high to calculate
- Loss of jobs and offices
- Political
- Parliament would be flooded and
decisions would not be able to be made
- Banks would be flooded
- Parliament would be flooded and
decisions would not be able to be made
- Social
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