Comparing Floods

Comp ar Floods in LEDC and MEDC I am going to treat ii movement studies regarding flushs. One of my case studies is of Cocker spill, this is a township in England exposed to floods this is my case study of an MEDC. My new(prenominal) case study is the LEDC in which I talk about Bangladesh. Cocker mouth is situated in the Lake District in England. England is an MEDC and this sweep experienced vast ranges of fill during late November. The town lies among the confluence of two rivers that leave it prone to flooding.The two rivers are the Derwent and Cocker. 320mm of pelting fell in down the stairs 24 hours and this was a predicted fall which took the town by surp jump. The River Cocker burst its banks by and by a 2. 5 metre rise in the river piss level this was a major contribution to the flooding as well as the poor expression of the towns flood defences. Bangladesh is an LEDC bordering the Indian Ocean and it lies at the forefront of the Ganges Delta. The country is mea sly lying and most of its land is 12m down the stairs sea level.Floods here pick up tardily become stronger. During the arrival of Cyclone Aila flood amnionic fluid burst the delta causing storm surges of 10 metres The floods in both Carlisle and Bangladesh caused a set of paradoxs for both areas. However in contrast, the MEDC (Carlisle) suffered less(prenominal) from the consequences, whereas, the LEDC (Bangladesh) was affect much worse. Heavy rainfall of 200mm fell over Carlisle in a 36 hour period. The constant rainfall change magnitude outpouring because soil became saturated, this outpouring ended up flowing into the river Eden.Because Carlisle is a coarsely urban area, concrete purpose made from impermeable materials meant that surface outpouring increased. There was a lot of pink slip from the River Eden which reached 1520 cumecs. In contrast the East Pakistani volume of precipitation was much higher(prenominal) so the floods were much worse. Very surd rainfal l amounting to 900mm fell over the month of July. Soils all over Bangladesh became saturated, this increased runoff into rivers such as the Ganges and Brahmaputra. juggle melted from glaciers in the Himalayas this also increased discharge into rivers.The highest discharge for both of the widegest rivers in the area peaked at the aforesaid(prenominal) time, downstream discharge increased hugely. In Carlisle there was less affable impact, 3 mint died which is minimal compared to the 2000 deaths in Bangladesh. This is a very macroscopicr amount of passel and losing that some(prenominal) people creates a big social impact. 3000 people were made dispossessed in Carlisle, this is a very large amount of people, they were temporarily re shelter and restrain been re homed since. In Bangladesh 25 million people were made homeless, many still havent been re homed even in 2012. schools were flooded in the area but for people vivacious in an MEDC there is likely to be more resour ces of learning available to them e. g. profits and more reading centres in early(a) parts of the country. 44 education institutions were undone in Bangladesh, this being a large amount means it is much harder to take chances other resources for educational purpose, and many people would have to go without it as it is non economically viable for poorer people in LEDCs to move into different parts of the country. 50 businesses were leave off down and must have been relocated and 70,000 houses lost power, there was minimal infrastructural damage therefore repairs to the Carlisle area would not have been too expensive compared to the large casing damage in Bangladesh, factories had to shut down so large scale business went down bringing prudence to a halt, 112,000 houses were completely destroyed and upstanding rivers in that area were polluted. The main social effect in Carlisle was the loss of homes and education centres, in Bangladesh it was the loss of homes, education ce ntres and usual of water borne disease.The main economic problem in Carlisle was that the shops and local businesses on the area had to shut down as they had to evacuate, in Bangladesh many areas would have become unornamented with major business corporations such as TNCs having to be shut down as many factories were destroyed. The main environmental problem in Carlisle was that the sewage overflowed therefore the streets would have been effected and the surrounding area also, in Bangladesh the Rivers became poisoned by sewage and majority of water supplies in the area became undrinkable.In conclusion Carlisle in an MEDC had a less severe flood and because of its more affluent built up area people were affected in less of a tragic manner. Bangladesh LEDC was affected more and the and the outcome was more disastrous. In conclusion, it is apparent that both the MEDC and the LEDC experienced a variety of impacts producing a multiple image of cost however impact naughtiness was cl early more drastic in the case Bangladesh as it is an LEDC and its emergency plans and general infrastructure is less developed compared to England (MEDC).