JGE378H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Crop Destruction, Waterborne Diseases, Water Pollution
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Injury & loss of life (drowning: erosion/deposition of sediment, damage from currents and oodwaters: buildings, roads, and infrastructure, crop destruction, death of livestock. Secondary impacts: damage from oating debris, water pollution, water-borne diseases, mould growth in buildings. Tertiary impacts: loss of wildlife habitat, long-term changes to river channel, long-term economic & social impacts: impacts on industry and economy, permanent displacement, collapse of town structures, long-term health impacts. 1: long-term bene ts: replenishment of agricultural soil. Immediate health e ects: death/drowning: injury, illness, stress-related disorders. Longer-term health e ects: contaminated or destroyed food and crops, contaminated water supplies, damaged health services and civic infrastructure, disrupted community life and employment, displacement of people. Increased risk of infectious disease: mental health impacts, including stress and depression arising from nancial losses, injuries, and relocation. The great flood of 1993 mississippi river: some primary impacts cited in the media:
