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In support of urban adaptation: a participatory assessment process for secondary cities in Vietnam and Bangladesh
(© 1996 Taylor & Francis Online, 2014-02-26)
Vietnam and Bangladesh are countries already impacted by weather-related extreme events. Scientific modelling projections indicate that climate change, and changes to climate variability, will increase risks for both ...
Climate change and food security in Northern Bangladesh: experience of RDRS in implementing Stress Tolerant rice
(BARC University, 2017-07)
Nowadays climate change has become a big issue worldwide. Every country and each person is
concerned about climate change. It is a fear to face mega disasters in future due to climate
change and that is why almost all ...
Urban Minning future cities from waste: towards a possibility
(BRAC University, 2015)
Twenty 1st century, the world is obsessed with the myth of development; busy in building urban cities by extracting natural resources and constructing landfill sites. Its not million tons of waste rather million tons of ...
Impacts of climate change on cropping pattern in coastal region of Bangladesh : a case study of Sharankhola Upazila , Bagerhat
(BRAC University, 2012)
Natural disaster occurs almost every year in Bangladesh due to climate change. Crop
agriculture is often constrained by different hazards and disasters such as floods,
droughts, soil and water salinity, cyclones and storm ...
A semi submerged habitat for the year 2100, in the context of a 5 meter sea level rise in Bangladesh
(BRAC Univeristy, 2015)
Mankind is always evolving. Ever since man stepped into the cave from his forest dwelling millenias back, he has evolved in different ways in his desire to achieve a higher level of civilisation. That has caused him to ...
A gender perspective of climate change and disaster management practices of a cyclone affected coastal community
(2017)
Men and women are, of course, not homogenous groups, and their experiences, lifestyles, and
geographic and socioeconomic conditions shape their worldviews and proclivities; cognizance
of these types of tendencies can be ...
People's perception in Early Warning System: a case study of Bhandara VDC Padariya-7 in Chitwan district, Nepal
(BRAC University, 2011)
Flood impact and vulnerability towards the poor people has always been significant aspect of issue and discussion worldwide. With the current climate change scenario and various studies in the past related to climate change ...
Adapting buildings to climate change
The interdependence and feedback between climate impacts mitigation and adaptation to the inevitable changes in climate are the key challenges for the built environment in the coming decades. These challenges are more ...
Char dwellers' adaptation to climate change
(BRAC University, 2010-09)
Climate disaster like flood, river erosion puts a lot of pressure especially on char dweller's whose responsibility is to remain together as family and earn subsistence in day to day life. The main objective of this research ...