Building Boom Puts 300,000 People in the Path of Potential Disasters
Researchers found built-up land rose 45% in high-risk Himalayan zones, and the true number of people exposed may be higher, the study said.
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Building boom puts 300,000 people in the path of potential disasters
KATHMANDU — As many as 300,000 people in the Himalayan region could now be living in the path of potential disasters, BBC reports, citing a new study published in Scientific Reports.Researchers found that the amount of built-up land in high-risk zones in northern Nepal, parts of south-eastern Tibet and a corner of India's Uttarakhand had grown by about 45% between 2016 and 2023.In areas particularly threatened by flooding from glacial lakes, dev…
New research warns that the expansion of communities, highways, and hydropower projects along rivers and glacial lakes in the Himalayas is putting more than 300,000 people at risk of flash floods and landslides.
The construction of tourism facilities, housing, and infrastructure has emerged in parts of Nepal and India's Uttarakhand. Source link:
Construction Boom in Nepal and India’s Uttarakhand Exposes 300,000 to Potential Himalayan Flood Disaster, Study Finds
Experts say Nepal needs stronger early-warning systems, stricter land-use planning and better enforcement of building regulations to reduce risks in fragile Himalayan river valleys. The call follows concerns that roads, hydropower projects, hotels and market towns are increasingly being built on flood-prone land near riverbanks. Alton Byers, a mountain geographer at the University of Colorado [...]
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