Climate Refugees and a Collapsing City--> DHAKA, BANGLADESH,

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http://www.ipsnews.net/2015/11/climate-refugees-and-a-collapsing-city/

Climate Refugees and a Collapsing City


By Sohara Mehroze Shachi





A Flooded Street in Dhaka


DHAKA, BANGLADESH, Nov 25 2015 (IPS) - With multiplying impacts of climate change – increasing floods, cyclones, and drought – thousands of climate refugees are migrating to Dhaka. And the city, well beyond its carrying capacity, is bursting at the seams.

The word most often associated with Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, is perhaps, “overpopulated.” Supporting more than 14 million people on less than 325 square kilometers (125 square miles) of land, the city’s drainage, waste management and transportation infrastructure is on the brink of collapse.

Against that backdrop, it is hardly surprising to find the Bangladesh capital among the worst cities to live in on the Economist Intelligence Unit’s 2015 ranking.

To delve beneath the apparent reasons – overpopulation, waterlogging and congestion – is to reveal a major underlying cause: unsustainable levels of climate-induced displacement and migration.....................

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. They are gonna need taller horses.........

Seriously, the Gov't is going to have to step in and provide accommodations in a safer place, if there is one.