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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Breached levees

Breached levees

  • Damage to river banks
  • Recontouring of water courses
  • Inadequate levee solution

Broader

Uncontrolled waterfront damage
Unpresentable

Aggravates

Uncontrolled river erosion
Presentable
Loss of coastal lagoons
Presentable
Environmentally destructive redirection of water flows
Presentable
Dependence on sophisticated technology for development
Presentable
Disputed provisions for floods
Yet to rate

Aggravated by

Water flow obstructions in watercourses
Presentable
Riverine floods
Presentable
Inadequate construction expertise
Yet to rate

Value

Inadequacy
Yet to rate
Damage
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #9: Industry, Innovation and InfrastructureSustainable Development Goal #14: Life Below WaterSustainable Development Goal #15: Life on Land

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Hydrology » Rivers and lakes
  • Societal problems » Destruction
  • Societal problems » Inadequacy
  • Transportation, telecommunications » Waterways
    • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    J4156
    DOCID
    12041560
    D7NID
    155102
    Last update
    May 19, 2022