Will+climate+change+cause+more+flooding+in+Thailand?

__**Will climate change cause more flooding in Thailand**__

**largely on natural water resources and global climate change has serious implications** **upon these water resources.**
 * The direct effects of climate change on human settlements in Thailand are floods[[image:Thailand_Flag.jpg width="470" height="395" align="right"]] **
 * and landslides caused by increases in rainfall intensity, rises in sea levels and coastal **
 * storm surges.Settlements along rivers and coastal zones are particularly at risk. **
 * Flooding in the Bangkok metropolitan area was relatively infrequent during the **
 * last ten years because flood prevention programs were implemented. **
 * However, floods in other urban and rural areas have tended to increase **
 * during the past thirty years. ** **Thailand is an agricultural country that depends**



**By Jawairya**