Impacts of Drought

1. Learning Objectives
Students will be able to:
• Describe the different effects in MEDC’s and
LEDC’s
• Develop the effects to give consequences.
• Suggest ways to help solve the problems
caused by drought.

2. What effects can drought have?
No effect at all
It can be fatal
It is a slight inconvenience
It all depends on where you live!

3. MEDC X X
X
X
A denial of luxury

4. MEDC
Poor harvest Wild Fire
Water Meters Stand Pipes

5. Task 1
Develop all these reasons to give the consequences.
• Hosepipe ban
• No car washes
• No watering lawns
• No topping up of swimming pools
• No watering of golf courses
• Poor harvests
• Wild fires
• Stand pipes
• Introduction of water meters

6. LEDC
Lack of reservoirs/storage/pipelines Crops fail and die
Animals die Impact on livelihood of farmer

7. LEDC
Cannot afford bottled water Cannot afford to import food
Greater risk of hunger/famine Risk of disease from contaminated water

8. Remember droughts can happen anywhere
though some places have a higher chance than
others.
Task 2
Describe the world distribution of risk from the
map above

10. Equator
Task 2 continued
Ensure you have described the areas of high risk
specifically in Africa

11. What can be done to overcome the
problems of drought?
Storage Tank
Water Project
Task 3 – Research Task
Research different ways both MEDC’s / LEDC’s can
overcome drought. Make notes on how it works
and how sustainable it is.