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Disaster Risk Management
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Disaster Risk Management

by Dr. Huong Ha, Dr. R. S. Fernando, Sanjeev Kumar Mahajan
January 2019
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
220 pages
5h 36m
English
Business Expert Press
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CHAPTER 3

The Paradigm Shift in Disaster Management in Bangladesh

Mahfuzul Haque

Independent ResearcherDhaka, Bangladesh

 

Introduction

Bangladesh is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world. Floods, tropical cyclones, tornadoes, tidal surges, droughts, and river bank erosion continue to disrupt lives and livelihoods of the poor people in disaster-prone areas, especially in the southwestern coastal region of Bangladesh. The very geographical location of Bangladesh over the conical shape of Bay of Bengal attracts periodic cyclones and associated tidal surges. The country’s vulnerability to natural disaster is rooted in its geographic location in the world’s largest delta associated with a series of hydro-meteorological and geophysical ...

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ISBN: 9781949443073