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Rivers are systems that require management in terms of flooding, supply, and pollution control. Discuss various strategies using different case studies.
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Rivers are systems that require management in terms of flooding, supply, and pollution control. Discuss various strategies using different case studies. Every river experiences a flood in some point in time. This may be due to an effect of heavy rain or humans tampering with the surroundings of the river. However due to the large build up of settlements around rivers flood control is needed as many lives and settlements can be lost during such an event. A good example of flood control can be seen along the Yangtze River. The Yangtze River is the third longest river in the world and is situated on the Tibetan Plateau in china. It reaches a length of 6300km and has a drainage basin of more than 1,683,500 square meters. Since 1931 seven major floods have been recorded. In 1931 there were estimated 28 - 40 million people affected 140,000 of which were deaths....
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