Browsing by Subject "Disaster management"
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Farmers adjustments to rice production in response to flood hazard in Haor basin areas of Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2016)The study was conducted in the Dingapota Haor of Mohangonj upazila under Netrokona district and it have been selected purposively as the study area. The boro rice growers of Dingapota Haor constituted the population of the ... -
Flood disaster mitigation in DND: land use perspective
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Flood proofing project at char and haor: impact on household food security and consumption
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Flood warning system: a cost- benefit analysis of the northern Bangladesh
(BRAC Univeristy, 2018)Bangladesh is one of the most flood-prone countries in the world. As a developing country with poor economy, structural measures to control floods in the world’s mighty rivers is a big challenge. Settings up a new devise ... -
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 ... -
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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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 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 ... -
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 ...