A detailed and concise case study revolving around the coasts of the Maldives; a very useful case study for A Level Geography. It takes a close look at the climate of the Maldives, the impacts of rising sea levels on the economy, environment and the people themselves, as well as the soft and hard e...
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Coastal Management
A Case Study
The Maldives
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Table of Contents
Maldives: A General Look…………………………………3
Climate of the Maldives…………………………………….5
Environmental Issues That Threaten the Coasts of the
Maldives……………………………………………………..7
Sea-level rise and its environmental, economic, political
and social impacts
Coastal erosion
Responses to Sea-level rise and Coastal Erosion………...12
Hard-engineering
Soft-engineering
Other Challenges…………………………………………16
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, Maldives: A Start
GEOGRAPHICAL BACKGROUND
The Maldives is the lowest-lying country in the world. As such, it is also most at
risk from the effects of rising sea level. The geography of the Maldives has made it
an extreme test case for climate change action:
The 1000 km long island chain in the Indian Ocean has an average height of
1.5 metres. Its highest point is only 2.4 metres above sea level.
The archipelago consists of 1200 islands, grouped into 26 coral atolls. Its total
landmass represents just one-fifth the area of Greater London (Figure 1).
Figure 1: Location of the Maldives
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