Comparison of the Relief Measures
While the Netherlands, being an MEDC, could immediately afford reliable relief measures, Bangladesh struggled with the flood for months.
The Netherlands quickly stopped further flooding. They had short-term relief measures readily available to them, such as portable pumps to pump out the water from the flooded areas. The Netherlands was able to afford long-term improvements to their flood protection measures immediately, even with the absence of external funding. Also, since the Netherlands consists of a lot of empty land, afforestation was not only encouraged, but was actually possible. This would increase interception and soil storage, and therefore significantly decrease the chance of such a large flood to reoccur.
On the other hand, Bangladesh could not immediately resolve the flooding issues. While the government was able to help by feeding those affected, they needed significant funding from the UK and W.H.O. to recover. However, the government was eventually able to build embankments and dams as long-term relief measures.
The Netherlands quickly stopped further flooding. They had short-term relief measures readily available to them, such as portable pumps to pump out the water from the flooded areas. The Netherlands was able to afford long-term improvements to their flood protection measures immediately, even with the absence of external funding. Also, since the Netherlands consists of a lot of empty land, afforestation was not only encouraged, but was actually possible. This would increase interception and soil storage, and therefore significantly decrease the chance of such a large flood to reoccur.
On the other hand, Bangladesh could not immediately resolve the flooding issues. While the government was able to help by feeding those affected, they needed significant funding from the UK and W.H.O. to recover. However, the government was eventually able to build embankments and dams as long-term relief measures.