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Dhaka

(Hall, 2018)
Dhaka is the largest city in Bangladesh, home to over 8.9 million people. The reason why I am looking into Dhaka is because it is a 'sinking city', I want to see what the future holds for its residences. I will use the information I have gathered to enable me to create a realistic prediction of what earth will look like in years to come. 

On an online news article I read on a study examining flooding, soil salinity and migration in Bangladesh I read; "According to the study, increased soil salinity from rising seas will push nearly 140,000 coastal residents to migrate to another location within their district, and nearly 60,000 to move alternate districts." (Desk, 2018). This is a summary of their findings, I can see that in years to come the population will have to dramatically decrease to be able to safely accommodate its residences. This quote draws attention to what happens to the residences of Dhaka, it shows us what some of the consequences of our actions can turn out like.  This is important information for my users to be aware of, but it also is a very helpful source for me to use and base the future prediction of the earth on. 

Another source I was looking at was highlighting how much the water level rises per year in a numerical sense, I can use this to help the accuracy of my visualisations. It states; "Dhaka is sinking at a rate of 1.4 centimeters (approximately 0.55 inches) per year" (Rosane, 2018). As you can imagine a rate of 1.4cm per year isn't a great number and yet again this has been caused by us. Underwater extraction, similarly to Jakarta, is a big contributor to this growing problem. 

 Desk, T. (2018). Sea level rise may force 200,000 to migrate. Dhaka Tribune. [online] Available at: https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/environment/2018/10/24/sea-level-rise-may-force-200-000-to-migrate [Accessed 9 Nov. 2018].

 Hall, M. (2018). Flooding in Dhaka, Bangladesh, one of eight cities especially vulnerable to sea level rise.. [image] Available at: https://www.ecowatch.com/cities-vulnerable-sea-level-rise-2610208792.html [Accessed 9 Nov. 2018].

 Rosane, O. (2018). 8 World Cities That Could Be Underwater as Oceans Rise. [Blog] EcoWatch. Available at: https://www.ecowatch.com/cities-vulnerable-sea-level-rise-2610208792.html [Accessed 12 Nov. 2018].

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