 covered shopping malls solved problems. snow and ice; businesses lose millions. scottish highlands are more at risk. Storms and Gales; industry was disrupted and insurance companies had to handle masses of claims.
Causes; intense heat, air rises rapidly, air rises and cools causing intense periods of rain, moist cold air is sucked in which replaces the rising warm air. Himalayas stop the movement of the rain, the rest of the rain falls on the mountains.
How does the monsoon affect quality of life? ; rains for 3 months, people spend a lot of time indoors, intensive period of rice planting as the soil becomes workable, Dhaka, the capital is underwater for 3 months, 1/4 of Bangladesh is flooded, trees cut down for firewood and house building leads to soil erosion, rain washes soil off the hillside into rivers, losing valuble nutrients.
positive effects; relief from heat, allows crops to be irrigated, jobs provided through farming, monsoon holidays, rice crops are planted, helps vegation to grow, rain fills the rivers for the rest of the year.
negative effects; sewers cant cope, flooding makes it hard to get to work, floods allow diseases to spread, rivers are fast flowing, boats sink and people die trying to cross, increased soil erosion and valuable nutrients are lost, rivers become silted up.
Water managment Scheme
about the colorado river; main source of water comes from the snow which melts on the mountain ranges at the river source.
controlling the flow; dams were built to control the flow of the river, a series of dams were built like lock gates on a canal.
Effect on people and the environment; urban centres are dependant on the colorado dam system, rapid population growth as the area is scenic, water allows trees to grow and swimming pools to be built, increase in traffic pollution, and smog levels, underground water sources are decreasing, miscalculations made when too much water flowed into the system, power surge caused damage to settlements downstream, homes and businesses were destroyed.