Browsing BracU Faculty Publications by Author "Centre for Climate Change and Environmental Research, BRAC University"

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    • Aspirations and compromises: Changes in homestead space relations of the extreme poor after Disaster 

      Rahman, Tahmina
      Background: Construction of houses in homesteads and their settings occur in the context of traditional perceptions and practices in the rural culture of Bangladesh. Functional spaces inside and around the house are produced ...

    • Flood shelters in Bangladesh: some issues from the user's perspective 

      Rahman, Mohammad Aminur; Mallick, Fuad Hassan; Mondal, M. Shahjahan; Rahman, Rezaur
      Flood is an integral part of Bangladesh and so is the suffering of the people living in flood-prone areas. Unlike cyclone shelters, very few designated flood shelters exist in Bangladesh; this is because of the difference ...

    • Identification and analysis of uncertainty in disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in South and Southeast Asia 

      Van Der Keur, Peter; Mukerjee, Nandan; Bers, Caroline van; Henriksen, Hans Jørgen; Nibanupudi, Hari Krishna; Yadav, Shobha; Wijaya, Rina; Subiyono, Andreas; Hausmann, Hans-Jakob; Hare, Matt; Scheltinga, Catharien Terwisscha van; Pearn, Gregory; Jaspersg, Fons
      This paper addresses the mainstreaming of uncertainty in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) using as a case South and Southeast Asia, a region highly vulnerable to a wide range of natural ...

    • The impact of cyclone aila on the sundarban forest ecosystem 

      Rahman, Shafiqur M.A.; Rahman, Hafizur Z.; Shahid, Shamsuddin; Khan, Rehanullah; Jahan, Nusrat A.; Ahmed, Zafar U.; Khanum, R.; Ahmed, Manzoor F.; Mohsenipour, Morteza (© 2017 CESER Publications, 2017)
      Climate change is expected to increase stress on mangrove forests across the globe in multiple pathways. Changes in sea level, temperature, tropical cyclones, saline water invasion, land inundation, ocean acidification, ...