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Assessing the cyclone early warning services of women, children and person with disability: a case study in Nijhumdwip
(BRAC Univeristy, 2018)
This study was done as a part of the Masters of Disaster Management under BRAC University. Research was conducted in Nijhumdwip assess the cyclone early warning service for the vulnerable groups.
The success of cyclone ...
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 ...
Cultural appropriateness of post Sidr housing reconstruction : a case of Sharankhola, Bagerhat
(BRAC University, 2018)
Bangladesh is one of the most disaster prone countries in the world. Among the natural hazards cyclones and the associated storm surges are considered as the major threat to our 710km coastal belt with around 28 million ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
Analysis of socio-economic condition of environmental refugees in Dhaka
(BRAC University, 2015-12)
Bangladesh and natural disaster are closely related to each other because of the geographical
location of it. Natural disaster, affected people by these disasters and migration of these
people to urban areas or mega city ...