Flood is the most common of all environmental hazards.The reason
lies because of the widespread geographical distribution of rivers
basins from mountainous terrain to flood plains, the low lying
coasts and deltas.Pakistan is also a country which faces flood
hazard Periodically. Indus river basin is the main flood prone area
which occupies two-third area of Pakistan. The South-Asiatic
monsoon winds bring torrential rains from July to September. The
recent floods occurred in August 2010 and August -September 2011
were worst floods in the history of Pakistan.It affected about 20
million people, killed 3000, destroyed 1 million houses, displaced
10 millions, and millions were affected by water-borne diseases,
lack of food, drinking water and shelter. It is estimated that that
about 130 million hectare of croplands had been inundated. The
United Nations called these floods as most disastrous floods in the
history of Pakistan which smashed economy of the country. Urban
flooding is another growing catastrophic challenge in the mega
cities of the World. Karachi, the mega city of Pakistan has a
disastrous impacts of flooding due to sprawling
General
Imprint: |
Lap Lambert Academic Publishing
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Country of origin: |
Germany |
Release date: |
August 2012 |
First published: |
August 2012 |
Authors: |
Shamshad Akhtar
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 6mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
96 |
ISBN-13: |
978-3-659-20065-6 |
Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
Music >
General
Books >
Music >
General
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LSN: |
3-659-20065-4 |
Barcode: |
9783659200656 |
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