fw.2.1 Flood risk within a drainage basin

Content

  • Geographic inquiry and concept(s)
    • How physical and human factors exacerbate and mitigate flood risk for different places
  • Geographic knowledge and understanding
    • How urbanization, deforestation and channel modifications affect flood risk within a drainage basin, including its distribution, frequency and magnitude
  • Case study or detailed examples
    • Neither required by the syllabus
  • Aims of this lesson
    • To have knowledge and understanding of how urbanization, deforestation and channel modifications affect flood risk within a drainage basin, including its distribution, frequency and magnitude.

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