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Motivating volunteers : a case of cyclone preparedness programme volunteers in Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2012)
Cyclone Preparedness Programme (CPP) volunteers are increasingly being relied
upon to aware people living in the coastal belt of Bangladesh for reducing loss of
lives and assets due to cyclone. This volunteerism is ...
Impacts of flood on the lives and livelyhoods of people in Bangladesh: A case study of a village in Manikganj district
(BRAC University, 2014)
Water induced disaster including flood accounts over 30% of total losses of lives due
to natural disaster in Bangladesh. On one hand, spatial variation on geography over
short reaches, young and complex geology, and ...
Reducing the health effect of natural hazards in Bangladesh
(© 2013 Published by Elsevier Inc., 2013-11)
Bangladesh, with a population of 151 million people, is a country that is particularly prone to natural disasters: 26% of the population are affected by cyclones and 70% live in flood-prone regions. Mortality and morbidity ...