Natural Disaster in Bangkok

By: Philip, Brenna, Riley, Sonia and Thomas

Introduction
Main Research Question:
-How does Bangkoks main natural disaster
affect the lives of the people?

In the following presentation we are going to talk about the
landscape of Bangkok, the demographic of the country, the
different natural disaster of Bangkok and how the
government would avoid it. Hope you enjoy the
presentation!

Where is Bangkok exactly
located and what is its climate?
Bangkok is located in South
Asia and specifically in
South Thailand. Bangkok is
the capital of Thailand.
Unpredicted weather
causes many natural
disasters like floods.
Bangkok has different
climates like


Demographics of the
country
Most of the urban population in Thailand is in Bangkok with a
total of 15 to 20 million. There are 4.03 million males and
4.27 females. So, there is a larger population of females
than males.In Bangkok the ratio of poor people to rich is
more because many work in low salery where they are paid
only 1 dollar per day! The life expectancy from male to
female is 69/75. The currency that is used in Bangkok is
called Baht.

Landscape of Bangkok
Bangkok is very polluted one of the most polluted in the
world.It is a metropolis defined city as it is a very large and
busy city. There are a old styled homes and the buildings
were not very built well. 6,355 million people in Bangkok.
Bangkok is mostly flat, that is why loads of flooding is going
on and as well it is sinking about 1 cm per year.There are
hills in Bangkok but farther out of the city. As well there
are some mountains for example, the Yod Doi Inthanon
which is the highest point of Bangkok.

Types of natural disasters in
Bangkok
In Bangkok there are many types of Natural disasters but the
biggest one is flooding. In Bangkok there are some little
tsunamis hitting the coast. There are also some little
earthquakes but floods happen the most of the time
and they affect the humanity way
more.





Main Disaster in Bangkok
The main natural disaster in Bangkok is flooding. The
flooding is usually caused by heavy rainfall many days in a
row, it can even take up to 3 months for high water to rise.
Thousands of people have been forced out of the country to
safety. The flooding water can be waist height or even
higher sometimes.The poor people don't have the chance to
make money for a long time, till the factories and jobs get
rebuilt and dry which can take months.A business owner
Richard Han had to pay 30 million dollars for the damage of
his plants and farms.




Philip
The pros of flooding is that it kills droughts and also kills insects.
Floods fertilizes dirt with silt and it prevents dams.
There are many threats that flooding cause. In Bangkok, people are
not aware when a flood might occur as floods are very quick to
strike. When floods occur, it takes everything that comes in its path.
People get highly injured, die and it causes a lot of destruction. Here
is one other con that some news reporters had said:
On Monday 26th 2011, during the Bangkok flood, News Reporters
reported that there were 2 crocodiles found in a carpark and 1 cobra
found in a store room. This happened because of the force of the
water was high that the crocodiles and cobras could not swim
against. This could be very dangerous as they might harm anyone
that they encounter with.
Pros & Cons in flooding
What should the Bangkok
government or private businesses
do to avoid it?
The government and private businesses can and should take
many different steps to prevent floods. All the citizens rely
mostly on the government to make them feel safe and
secure. The Bangkok government has built canals, and
constructed new flood walls. It is also creating new flood-
retention zones in huge areas of low lying land to prevent
disruption. These are some other solutions that we thought
the government could do to avoid high flooding and low
flooding:









Brenna
One of our solutions is preventing deforestation as
the trees act as a strong barrier to the stop the
water that is entering the rivers that might
overflow. The trees also help to retain
Solution 1: Preventing Deforestation
Building dams would stop flooding as they hold down water. They
are mostly used to save and manage water. The Thai government
has started to build dams all around Bangkok that would help
regulate water. Dams also help control floods by storing excess
water. Dams are also especially made because there would mostly
be a reservoir behind. There are different types of dams that could
be built but we would like to encourage the government or private
businesses to build Concrete Gravity Dams. Gravity dams are great
because they are able to resist harsh forces such as water pressure
or gravity!
Solution 2: Building Dams
Terracing hillsides would be another great solution
because it would stop the high level water from
entering the small towns which are located on the
hillsides.
Solution 3: Terracing Hillsides
Another solution to prevent
flooding is to build levees to keep
a river from flooding. A levee
basically an embankment that is
built on a rivers edge. Levees act
as a strong barrier to keep away
water. Levees are very useful for
low pressure flooding as it does
not let the water overflow and
pass through. In a high pressure
flood, levees would not be useful
as any underwater hurricane
could escape from above it.
Solution 4: Constructing Levees
The Thailand underground and tunneling company has
requested the government to build an underground
floodway to prevent future flooding in and out the
capital. We think that this is a very logical idea
because it would be used as a multi service system
which would be equipped with hydropower
generators. There would be 2 decks. The upper deck
would be used for low floodings and the lower deck
would be used for high floods. The lower deck would
help the water to drain off as the upper deck would
be filled up with water. This is an excellent strategy
as it keeps all the water stored for a long period of
time and would be drained or reused for hydropower
generators.
Solution 5: Building an
underground floodway
The government could help everyone not only the rich
people.They could also request rescue teams from
other countries if Thailand can't save everyone.
Especially capturing the crocodiles that got let out into
the flood water.
Ensuring Safety for the people of
Bangkok?
Glossary (Humanities
terminology that we have used)
Floods
Dams
Resorviers
Levees

Bibliography
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