Sea Level Rise: Maldives

Question 1

How many visitors annually (1)

Answer 1

1.3 million

Question 2

Why do people visit Maldives (3)

Answer 2

• White sand beaches
• Extensive coral reefs
• Warm climate

Question 3

Projections about sea level rise (3)

Answer 3

• 1.5 feet rise
• Losing 77% of its land area
• by around the year 2100

Question 4

State an economic cost of Maldives sea level rise (3)

• _____________
• _____________
• ______________________

Answer 4

• Coral bleaching
• Less tourists
• Primary source of GDP (28%) gone

Question 5

State one social cost of Maldives sea level rise (3)

• By ____, ___ of ___________________
• Already _________, ____________ will _______________
• ___________ will ________________

Answer 5

• By 2100, 77% of land area will be inundated
• Already overpopulated, overcrowding will increase if land is lost
• Communities will need to be relocated

Question 6

State one enviornmental cost of Maldives sea level rise (4)

• _____ needs _____________
• ____________________ as ______________
• _____________ a ______ for ____________
• __________________

Answer 6

• Coral needs light to survive
• Light will have difficulty penetrating as sea depths increase
• Coral provides a habitat for many fish species
• Negatively affecting biodiversity

Question 7

______ is the largest industry in the Maldives, accounting for __% of GDP (2)

Answer 7

Tourism

28

Question 8

How does sea level rise affect water and soil (2)

Answer 8

• Salt water is infiltrating into fresh water systems
• Which also contaminates soil and drinking water

Question 9

How are Maldives trying to combat this (1)

Answer 9

• Adaption over mitigation (cannot stop global sea level rise)

Question 10

______ being built on an artificial island called _______ (2)

Answer 10

• City of Hope
• Hulhumale

Question 11

When will the City of Hope be finished (1)

Answer 11

• 2023

Question 12

How many islands similar to City of Hope have been built (2)

Answer 12

• 8 built
• 3 more planned

Question 13

City of Hope Key Stats (3)

Answer 13

• City of Hope will become a community of 240,000 people.
• Built by the HDC

It is placed 2m above sea level

Question 14

_____ grows on dead coral making it ______________.

Answer 14

• Algae
• Impossible for new colonies to form

Question 15

3 ways the HDC have succesfully built up Hulhumale (4)

Answer 15

• A hollistic approach
• Careful urban land use planning
• Maldives government encouraged foreign investment
• Business profit tax maintained at 15%