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Flooding in Bangladesh (2010)

Subject

Environmental science; Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 38 minutes), £45.00

Tailor-made to fit UK specifications, this resource was filmed in Bangladesh and emphasises contemporary thinking about hazard events. The personal accounts of those living on Bangladesh’s charland (the...

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Building Our Future: Research into the Build Environment (1988 Video)

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Out of Distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 20 min.

Looks at research work funded and supported by the Environment Committee in SERC and explains the need for such research and the practical benefits that can follow. Examines six specific projects in flood...

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Flooding in the UK: Tewkesbury (2013)

Subject

Environmental science; Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 37 minutes), £49.00

This DVD explores the environmental and human cause of the Tewkesbury flood in 2007, looking at runoff, infiltration rates and the factors affecting storm hydrographs. First hand accounts from residents and...

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Earth Report Xiv: Go with the Flow (2009)

Subject

Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 22 minutes), £35.00

Two out of every three Dutch people already live below sea level. Now, with climatologists predicting sea levels will rise a further 0.8 metres, the Netherlands is rolling out a radical new action plan that...

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Extreme Weather: The Somerset Levels (2016)

aka: The Somerset Floods

Subject

Environmental science; Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 30 minutes), £49.00

In the winter of 2013/2014 the UK was hit by a succession of 13 low pressure systems causing extreme flooding on the Somerset Levels. This DVD looks at the human and physical causes of the floods and...

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After the Flood 2 (1994 Video)

Producer

Bettina Lerner

Subject

Engineering; Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 40 min.

The Mississippi is one of the most rigorously controlled and engineered rivers in the world, yet in the summer of 1993 it suffered the worst flooding in its history. Fundamental questions are being asked...

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Extreme Weather: Coastal Flooding (2016)

Subject

Environmental science; Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 30 minutes), £49.00

Through the use of two case studies: the Dawlish Railway Collapse and the East Coast Tidal Surge, this resource looks at the impacts of the 2013/2014 winter storms. The extreme weather conditions that led to...

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Thames Barrier, The (1983 Video)

Director

Michael Bennett

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 24 min., 1995 sale: £55.00 (inclusive)

Opens with pictures of the devastation caused when the Thames flooded in 1953 killing over 300 people. Explains why the Thames is susceptible to flooding and how the barrier will prevent this. The design of...

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Changing China (1999 Video)

Subject

Geography

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 100 min., 1999 sale: £19.99 (inc VAT +p&p)

A series of five programmes examining the stagggering pace and scale of change in the People’s Republic of China - both in the cities and in remote villages. Asks who gains and who may be getting left...

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Extreme Engineering Collection 2 (2009)

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 400 minutes), $59.95

This 5-disc set of series 2 of EXTREME ENGINEERING unveils some of the most ambitious architectural plans of our times. All of these modern marvels pose challenges that stretch the definition of what’s...

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