Browsing Thesis & Dissertation (Postgraduate Programs in Disaster Management) by Title
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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 ... -
Green water defense as flood mitigation approach for Dhaka district
(BRAC University, 2015)Dhaka is prone to flood hazard due to its location, topology, climate and proximity to rivers. The main objectives of this study are to delineate the flood extent, find out the flood duration during monsoon, identify the ... -
Humanitarian response coordination architecture in Bangladesh Rohingya refugee crisis operation: practice, challenges and prospects
(BRAC University, 2018)Bangladesh is hosting over a million of forcibly displaced population who fled violence and ethnic cleansing in Myanmar. The new influx of around 400,000 people took shelter in peninsula of Teknaf and Ukhia of Cox`s Bazar. ... -
Impact of cash based interventions in livelihood recovery of waterlogging affected community in Satkhira district
(BRAC University, 2016)The coastal districts of SWB have been experiencing waterlogging problem since the early 1980s. Natural drainage systems over a large part of this area were totally disrupted, as a result, with most of the effective natural ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Implementing standing orders on disaster (SOD) at Union level: the case of Kakua Union, Tangail district and Kazipur Union of sirajganj district, Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2008-09)Bangladesh is arguably the world's most disaster prone country. Repeated disasters destroy the economic resource base of the poor people and drain out the economic potentials. The impacts and vulnerabilities of disasters ... -
Indigenous coping mechanisms in combating flood
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Integration of ecosystem management in livelihood restoration after a disaster
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Issues and challenges of Cyclone Preparedness Programme (CPP) volunteers: the case of CPP, Dacope, Khulna
(BARC University, 2017-06)CPP is an organization through which Bangladesh get appreciation from the all country of the world. Bangladesh is proud of CPP. Many countries now want to follow the system of CPP. It is so dedicated team they work even ... -
Landslide risk reduction of the informal foothill settlements of Chittagong city through strategic design measure
(BRAC University, 2012)Globally Bangladesh is recognized as one of the most vulnerable countries to natural calamities. Along with cyclones and floods; two most discussed and disastrous hazards of the country, landslides have caused the death ... -
Localization of aid – a case of Bangladesh flood 2017
(BRAC University, 2017)Today, only a small fraction of funding is given directly to local actors. An estimate from UN OCHA FTS dataset indicates local and national responders received only 2% of the humanitarian funding globally. Local and ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Physical environment of Child Friendly Space (CFS) as an intervention of child protection: in case of forcibly displaced Rohingya Children in Cox’s Bazar
(Brac University, 2022-01)Child friendly Space (CFS) has been introduced worldwide as an effective Child Protection response to the affected children in emergency to restore their resiliency and normalcy of life through psychosocial support programs. ... -
Post cyclone rehabilitation of agriculture in the Sidr affected areas in South West Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2011)Bangladesh is one of the most disaster prone countries of the world. Every year the country is experiencing one or more natural disasters like cyclone and flood. Bangladesh is an agricultural country. But unfortunately ... -
Quality of life among survivors from building collapse: case study of Rana Plaza, Savar, Dhaka
(BRAC University, 2014)The study identifies the quality of life among the survivors of the Rana plaza building collapse incident at Savar, Dhaka at 2013. It also finds out the association between demographic factors (age, sex, income, diagnosis) ... -
Recovery of Household-level assets: Towards a cyclone resilent community
(BRAC University, 2012)Globally Bangladesh is recognized as one of the most vulnerable countries to natural calamities. Along with cyclones and floods; two most discussed and disastrous hazards of the country, landslides have caused the death ... -
Reducing community risk through disaster resilient housing in Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2015)Bangladesh is a multi-hazardous and disaster prone country due to its geographic location and socio-economic condition of the people. Every year natural disasters disrupt the lives of people in some parts of the country. ...