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Author : K. M. Nabiul Islam
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Book Rating : 4.:/5 (596 download)
Download or read book The Impact of Flooding and Methods of Assessment in Urban Areas of Bangladesh written by K. M. Nabiul Islam and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : K. M. Nabiul Islam
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (51 download)
Download or read book Assessment Methods and Standard Loss Database for Bangladesh written by K. M. Nabiul Islam and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ashraf Dewan
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400758758
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Floods in a Megacity written by Ashraf Dewan and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flooding is one of the most devastating natural hazards in the world. Available records suggest that both flood frequency and severity are on the rise and this is likely to worsen in the context of climate change. As population, infrastructure and poverty grow rapidly in developing countries, particularly in urban agglomerations of 10 million people or more, floods could cause widespread devastation, economic damage and loss of life. Assessment of vulnerability and risk from naturally occurring phenomena is therefore imperative in order to achieve urban sustainability. This book uses geospatial techniques to evaluate hazards, risk and vulnerability at a metropolitan scale in a data-scarce country. An empirical study was performed using remote sensing, GIS and census data. This research offers a new approach to mapping population, infrastructures and communities at risk which can greatly contribute to the deeper understanding of flood disasters in a rapidly expanding megacity. Examples shown in this book are from Dhaka Megacity, however, the techniques and methods can easily be implemented in medium to large cities of similar characteristics. The book is essential reading for hazard researchers, geospatial scientists, disaster management professionals, geographers, urban planners, and social scientists. Ashraf M. Dewan is currently a Lecturer in the Department of Spatial Sciences at Curtin University, Western Australia (on leave from his substantive position as Associate Professor in the Geography & Environment Department at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh).
Author : K. M. Nabiul Islam
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Impacts of Flood in Urban Bangladesh written by K. M. Nabiul Islam and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Partially based on the author's Ph. D. research at the Flood Hazard Research Centre, Middlesex University, London, in 1997.
Author : Dennis J. Parker
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415172387
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (723 download)
Download or read book Floods written by Dennis J. Parker and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive collection of new research. An extensive range of case studies covering major floods and regions prone to flooding worldwide.
Author : Rita Afsar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Rural-urban Migration in Bangladesh written by Rita Afsar and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Debarati Guha-Sapir
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199841934
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)
Download or read book The Economic Impacts of Natural Disasters written by Debarati Guha-Sapir and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-05-23 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work combines research and empirical evidence on the economic costs of disasters with theoretical approaches. It provides new insights on how to assess and manage the costs and impacts of disaster prevention, mitigation, recovery and adaption, and much more.
Author : Md Aboul Fazal Younus
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9400754949
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change in Bangladesh written by Md Aboul Fazal Younus and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-06-26 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The IPCC (2007) warned that the Ganges Brahmaputra Meghna (GBM) basin will be at greatest risk due to increased flooding, and that the region’s poverty would reduce its adaptation capacity. This book investigates autonomous adaptation using a multi-method technique comprising PRA and a questionnaire survey applied in the case study area ‘Islampur’ Upazila in Bangladesh. The study has four key approaches. First, it reviews the flood literature for Bangladesh from 1980 to 2014. Second, it examines farmers' crop adaptation processes in a case study area at Islampur, Bangladesh. Third, it assesses the vulnerability and adaptation (V & A) in response to three extreme flood events (EFEs). Fourth, the book assesses the economic consequences of failure effects of autonomous crop adaptation in response to EFEs. The results show that Bangladeshi farmers are highly resilient to EFEs, but the economic consequences of failure effects of autonomous crop adaptation (FEACA) on marginal farmers are large. The book contributes to current knowledge by filling three important research gaps as follows, 1) farmers’ autonomous crop adaptation processes in response to various types of extreme floods; 2) methodological contribution for assessing vulnerability and adaptation through PRA; and 3) the economic consequences of the failure effects of autonomous crop adaptations. “This book provides a good account of ‘autonomous adaptation’ and its impact on fl ood vulnerable communities in Bangladesh. Anyone wishing to fully understand the impact of climate change should read the book.” Professor Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Laureate, Yunus Centre, Bangladesh
Author : Willem Veerbeek
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1351056042
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)
Download or read book Estimating the Impacts of Urban Growth on Future Flood Risk written by Willem Veerbeek and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-12-01 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The unprecedented growth of cities has a significant impact on future flood risk that might exceed the impacts of climate change in many metropolitan areas across the world. Although the effects of urbanisation on flood risk are well understood, assessments that include spatially explicit future growth projections are limited. This comparative study provides insight in the long term development of future riverine and pluvial flood risk for 18 fast growing megacities. The outcomes provide not only a baseline absent in current practise, but also a strategic outlook that might better establish the role of urban planning in limiting future flood risk.
Author : A. N. H. Akhtar Hossain
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Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Options for Flood Risk and Damage Reduction in Bangladesh written by A. N. H. Akhtar Hossain and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Papers presented at the National Workshop on Options for Flood Risks and Damage Reduction in Bangladesh, held at Dhaka during 7-9 September 2004.
Author : Susmita Dasgupta
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 1464807124
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (648 download)
Download or read book Urban Flooding of Greater Dhaka in a Changing Climate written by Susmita Dasgupta and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2015-10-28 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh and one of the world’s rapidly growing megacities, is an urban hotspot for climate risks. Located in central Bangladesh on the lower reaches of the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta, the city faces the recurring phenomena of urban flooding and waterlogging following intense rainfall nearly every year. As a low-elevation city with a tropical monsoon climate, Dhaka has a long history of river flooding as a natural hazard. Recent major floods have been worse in terms of depth and extent of inundation and duration, especially in fringe areas, where many of the city’s poor reside. Rapid, unplanned urbanization and the gradual filling up of low-lying flood plains, rivers, canals, and other water bodies traditionally used to drain or retain water during rainfall have exacerbated the problem. A growing concern is that, in a changing climate, characterized by heavier and more erratic rainfall in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) Basin during the monsoon season, the situation may worsen.
Author : Israt Rayhan
Publisher : Cuvillier Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3867276501
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (672 download)
Download or read book Assessing Household Vulnerability and Coping Strategies to Floods written by Israt Rayhan and published by Cuvillier Verlag. This book was released on 2008 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Md Ruknul Ferdous
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000037258
Total Pages : 157 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Socio-Hydrological Dynamics in Bangladesh written by Md Ruknul Ferdous and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2020-02-07 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bangladesh is a large delta, where most people live in the overpopulated floodplains. Flooding is a normal phenomenon, which causes much suffering. How to reduce this suffering through better managing floods is a big societal challenge. To date, societal initiatives to address this challenge mainly consist of the construction of embankments along the river bank, to control hydrological processes and ‘discipline’ the river. Yet, such embankments generate their own hydrological and societal responses in sometimes unexpected ways. The study of these interactions and feedback mechanisms between hydrological and social processes is a new academic field, one that is particularly relevant in a dynamic delta such as Bangladesh. This research sets out to explore the phenomena, opportunities and risks generated by the interactions between physical and societal processes along the Jamuna River in Bangladesh. It conceptualize these interactions as temporally dynamic and spatially diverse combinations of fighting and living with water. The research proposes the concept of "Socio-hydrological spaces (SHSs)" to enrich the study of socio-hydrology. A SHS is a geographical area in a landscape. Its particular combination of hydrological and social features gives rise to the emergence of distinct interactions and dynamics (patterns) between society and water. The SHSs concept suggests that the interactions between society and water are place-bound and specific because of differences in social processes, technological choices and opportunities, and hydrological dynamics. Through the concept of SHS, this research does not only contribute to advance the knowledge about socio-hydrological dynamics in Bangladesh, but also provides more general insights for flood risk management.
Author : Brototi Biswas
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9819726883
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (197 download)
Download or read book Flood Risk Management written by Brototi Biswas and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : K. M. Nabiul Islam
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Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Linkages and Flood Impacts at Macro Level written by K. M. Nabiul Islam and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Walter Leal Filho
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ISBN 13 : 9783030227593
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (275 download)
Download or read book Handbook of Climate Change Management written by Walter Leal Filho and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate change is one of the major challenges of modern times. Its impacts are manifold and vary from sea level rise (especially relevant to those living in coastal areas), to the increased frequency of extreme events such as cyclones and storm surges, which not only poses problems to property and infrastructure, but also to human health. Climate change is also associated with damages to the physical and natural environment, as well as to biodiversity. According to the 5th Assessment Report produced by the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), many geographical regions across the world are moderately or highly vulnerable to climate change, whose impacts may be further exacerbated by other human-induced pressures. The above state of affairs illustrates the need for a better and more holistic understanding of how climate change affects countries and regions on the one hand, but also on how the many problems it causes may be managed on the other, vis-a-vis a better ability to adapt. There is also a perceived need to showcase successful examples of how to duly address and manage the many social, economic and political problems posed by climate change around the world, in order to replicate and even upscale the successful ones. It is against this background that the Handbook of Climate Change Management has been produced. It contains papers prepared by scholars, social movements, practitioners and members of governmental agencies, undertaking research and/or executing climate change projects, and working with communities across all geographical regions. The Handbook focuses on "Research, Leadership, Transformation," meaning that it serves the purpose of showcasing the role these key areas play in respect of applied research, field projects and best practices to foster climate change adaptation worldwide.
Author : Chris Zevenbergen
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1439894337
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (398 download)
Download or read book Urban Flood Management written by Chris Zevenbergen and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2010-09-21 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Along with windstorms, floods are the most common and widespread of all natural disasters. Although they can often be predicted, they cause loss of life, damage and destruction, as many urban communities are located near coasts and rivers. In terms of victims, floods are responsible for more than half the deaths caused by natural catastrophes. As f
