Thailand Flood Disaster
The video illustrates Thailand’s severe flood situation well
and cartoon like helping people to understand it more easily. This year,
Thailand has experienced the worst flooding in a couple of decades this is due
to a number of reasons. Firstly, Thailand’s geography of land is built at a
downwards slope, water rains on the mountains and streams back to the gulf of Thailand
– the water cycle- for thousands of
years Thailands rainforests have absorbed up the water flowing south. As tme went on
mankind has expanded and chopped down the forest for space to build housing
estates, dams to control the water flow and other industries. The water has
reached levels that are no controllable by the dams leading to the overflow of
water. Bangkok is facing a 100 billion cubic metres of water to reach to the
sea, there are three ways this water can reach its destination and that is
through the Choa Praya River, Tha Jeen River and Bang Pakong River. This process
is estimated to take around 50 days. The government are try to stop the water
from entering the city through sand bags and other ways but its seems that the
water will win the fight and enter Bangkok.
Some links to the syllabus
8.1 – collection and control of water for a variety of uses
In this case mankind tried to control the water using dams
and water gates and mothernature got the better of them showing us that we can’t
really control the water cycle and overcome the pressure of the water.
12.2 - strategies to control and eradicate water related
diseases
Thailand isn’t at this stage yet but after a couple of weeks
when the water has been standing still for a long time it could lead to diseases
such as an increase in malaria and dengue fever brought on by the increase of mosquitos
into water logged areas. Another consequence of water pollution would be
keeping hygiene levels and also getting drinkable water and food. The ways to
try and stop these dieases is to get the water out of there as fast as possible
and alert people about the dangers.
4.5 – the impact of industrial development on the environment
and on human activity and health
Thailands floods are all due to the fact that the rainforests
could not absorb enough of the water thus leading to massive surface run off
this is the impact of industrial development and the destruction of the
environment due to human activity. If the trees weren’t chopped down to make
room for industrial growth this flood disaster wouldn’t happen.
