Question

Are the problems of rural areas during floods similar to that of the urban areas ?
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Answer 1

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Urban flooding is significantly different from rural flooding as urbanization leads to developed catchments, which increases the flood peaks from 1.8 to 8 times and flood volumes by up to 6 times.

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Answer 2

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Urban flooding is significantly different from rural flooding as urbanization leads to developed catchments, which increases the flood peaks from 1.8 to 8 times and flood volumes by up to 6 times. Consequently, flooding occurs very quickly due to faster flow times (in a matter of minutes).Among the most devastating effects of floods in the rural communities of the Amazon basin are increase of water and mosquito-borne diseases, loss of agricultural production, food shortages, destruction of human settlements and public infrastructure, power blackouts, pollution of drinking water sources, erosion of ...