"You take the blue pill and the story ends. You wake in your bed and you believe whatever you want to believe."
"You take the red pill and
you stay in Wonderland and I'll show you how deep the
rabbit-hole goes."
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31. Bangladesh, one of the world's poorest nations is also the country
most vulnerable to sea-level rise. The population is already severely
affected by storm surges. Catastrophic events in the past have caused
damage up to 100 km inland. It is hard to imagine to what extent these
catastrophes would be with accelerated sea-level rise.
Digital terrain modelling techniques have been used to display the
Bangladesh scenarios. A three dimensional view of the country has been
overlaid with the current coastline and major rivers and potential
future sea levels at 1,5 meters.
Since this scenario was calculated in 1989, the expected rate of sea
level rise has been modified. At present expected rates, this stage
will occur in about 150 years from now.
Scenario Land area
'000km2 Population 1989
'000'000 est. Population 2030
'000'000 est.
150 cm 22 (16%) 17 (15%) 34 (15%)
Bangladesh tot 134 (100%) 112 (100%) 224 (100%)
The data given here are course estimates, using the same parameters as
Delft Hydraulics. (UNEP/Delft 1989)
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