Thailand – The Atlantis Of 2030?

3 comments to Thailand – The Atlantis Of 2030?

• adrena

  September 10, 2012 at 6:25 pm Log in to Reply

  Since the 1980s, the risk of economic loss due to floods in Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development countries has increased by more than 160 percent, outstripping the growth of GDP per capita, according to UNISDR.

  Nine of the top 10 coastal flood-prone cities by 2070, including Bangkok, are in Asia, according to a recent World Bank report.

  Asia accounts for more than half of the developing world’s cities most vulnerable to flooding, according to UN-HABITAT.

  
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• Synoia

  September 11, 2012 at 2:15 am Log in to Reply

  All the Major coastal cities in West Africa are threatened as well, Lagos, Accra, Cotontou, Takoradi, Lome, Abidjan, Monrovia, Freetown, Conakry, Bissau, Bamjul and Dakar.

• Celsius 233

  September 11, 2012 at 4:51 am Log in to Reply

  …been done. Sukothai is now under 1 meter of water from a burst dyke. We’re about 30 days away from when the major floods happened last year.
  I’m far more pessimistic than the Dutch flood expert; rarely is there thorough follow through on projects here.
  The Japanese company Sanyo told the Thai government if they get flooded again they’re gone from Thailand. Many other companies echoed Sanyo’s sentiment.

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