Natural Disasters in South East Asia and Bangladesh - Vulnerability Risks and Consequences (Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters - International Center for Training Exchanges in the Geosciences, 1998, 83 p.): PART IV - SYNOPTIC ASSESSMENT OF NATURAL HAZARDS ON A NATIONAL SCALE: 2. Five types of territories prone to risks: 2.3. Coastal plains

Natural Disasters in South East Asia and Bangladesh - Vulnerability Risks and Consequences (Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters - International Center for Training Exchanges in the Geosciences, 1998, 83 p.)

PART IV - SYNOPTIC ASSESSMENT OF NATURAL HAZARDS ON A NATIONAL SCALE

2. Five types of territories prone to risks

		(introduction...)
		2.1. Deltas
		2.2. Inland basins
		2.3. Coastal plains
		2.4. Coastal mountains
		2.5. Inland mountains

2.3. Coastal plains

With the exception of Vietnam, the minority groups represent there a high percentage of the population. The access to these areas remains limited and often difficult and international investments are limited and selective, for example touristic enclaves and shrimp breeding. On a local level, the presence of commercial cultivation can be more significant like in the South of Thailand where it is associated with a minority Malay community. Although the predominant dangers obviously vary according to the latitude, the coast orientation, and the immediate back country, they are linked to cyclones and floods which can be aggravated by storm surges and high tides.