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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
Content quality
Unpresentable
 Unpresentable
Language
English
1A4N
J4156
DOCID
12041560
D7NID
155102
Editing link
Official link
https://encyclopedia.uia.org/problem/breached-levees
Last update
May 19, 2022