Sabur Khan

Assessing vulnerability is vital for developing new strategies and improving the existing ones to fulfill contemporary demands toward achieving a disaster-resilient society. Dammar Char is situated in the southeastern (SE) coastal region of Bangladesh that has experienced frequent coastal hazards and disasters throughout the year. The present study has constructed a vulnerability index utilizing the quantitative and qualitative data based on household surveys to evaluate the vulnerability of the people and community of Dammar Char. Data were collected from 180 respondents during November–December 2018. The results demonstrate that, on average, the people living in the studied area have a high vulnerability (value of the vulnerability index 0.7015) to coastal hazards and disasters. The vulnerability level differs from individual to individual based on their gender, educational status, financial capacity, structural strength of houses, perception of the respective hazards and disaster...

Since human development is a key input to the goal of inclusive and shared economic growth and poverty alleviation, we need to put considerable emphasis on human development. Human capital, in a broad sense, includes education, skills, training, health and other related factors of work forces that determine their overall productivity and capacity to seize opportunities created by economic progress. In  this globalized  world,  the  idea and thoughts  of  internationalization  of  higher  education  especially  in  developing countries like Bangladesh has been deduced from globalization of education process.