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Rishul NeemaAIR 267

Question Q.17GS1GS1

Incidence of extreme rainfall events and flash floods in recent times has led to devastating consequences for major cities of India. Analyse.

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Introduction

Climate change named extreme weather events have disproportionately impaired urban caring with 30% higher incidence than rural areas (IMD 2023)

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Main Body

Cases of increased moisture:

o Recent floods in Chennai, Delhi (2023) are prime example

o Causes of increased moisture:

A) Urban heat island effect - [diagram showing UP] heat flows causing urban warming effect with interactions connecting cloud gustheavy rain, cloud burstfloods.
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Diagram

Diagram showing urban heat island effect with UP label, depicting heat flows from buildings/infrastructure to atmosphere, showing connections between cloud formation and precipitation (cloud gust, cloud burst leading to floods)

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  • Includes recent case studies (2023)
  • Visual representation with diagram
  • Connects climate change to urban flooding

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Rishul Neema

AIR 267

Subject & Paper

GS1GS1

Topic

Environmental Geography

Important Geophysical Phenomena such as earthquakes, Tsunami, Volcanic activity, cyclone etc., geographical features and their location-changes in critical geographical features

Geophysical Phenomena

Writing Stats

66

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analytical

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