This study was undertaken to explore the impacts of Monga, people's perception about governme... more This study was undertaken to explore the impacts of Monga, people's perception about government and non-government Monga mitigation activities and assessing victim's needs during Monga in two Monga-prone villages of northern Bangladesh. The present study finds that Monga has various impacts on people's socioeconomic conditions that results in starvation, poor calorie intake, malnutrition, social negligence, forced migration, and loss of assets, crops and livestock, etc. All such impacts depend not only on the duration of Monga but also the severity together with poor socioeconomic condition and lack of preparedness. The present study also finds that the most vulnerable groups in the Monga-prone areas are agricultural wage labourers, landless and marginal farmers, female-headed households, children, pregnant women and aged people. The government's relief, rehabilitation and employment generation activities are insufficient considering victim's needs during Monga p...
People repeatedly confronted by natural catastrophe in almost every year such as drought and floo... more People repeatedly confronted by natural catastrophe in almost every year such as drought and flood in the lower Teesta Basin area. After the construction of two barrages in Gozaldoba and Dalia on Teesta River drought and flood occurs almost every year. Intensity and frequency of these calamities are also increasing in an alarming rate, which caused serious damage to livelihoods and economy of this area. The objective of this paper is to find out the drought and flood induced vulnerability in the study area through Strength Weakness Opportunities Threat (SWOT) analysis. By this we can summarize the current state of a space and helping to devise a plan for the future, one that employs the existing strengths, redresses existing weaknesses, exploits opportunities and defends against threats. The study is conducted in Charkharibari village of Tepakharibari union of Dimla upazilla in Nilphamary district and Jigabari village of Tepamadhupur union of Kaunia upazilla in Rangpur district, tak...
The objectives of this paper are to examine the factors influencing the human vulnerability to cy... more The objectives of this paper are to examine the factors influencing the human vulnerability to cyclones and storm surges experiencing from the impacts of Cyclone Aila, which made landfall in Bangladesh coast on May 25, 2009. Relevant data are collected from two cyclone prone coastal villages of south-western Bangladesh, through structured questionnaire survey, key informant interviews and field observations. The questionnaire survey was conducted on 292 out of 1086 households through simple random sampling procedure, and study villages are selected purposively considering the severity of impacts of Cyclone Aila. Both descriptive and inferential statistics are used to examine the factors responsible for human vulnerability to cyclones and storm surges. The present study finds that physical, socio-economic and disaster management factors have significant role to determine the household level human vulnerability to the disaster induced by cyclones and storm surges. The households havin...
This paper explores the extent of impact and the severity of tropical cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh,... more This paper explores the extent of impact and the severity of tropical cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh, and assesses various countermeasures undertaken by Government of Bangladesh together with NGOs to minimize cyclone impacts. Based on a questionnaire survey at household level a total 331 out of 770 households were selected in the central coast of Bangladesh. This study finds that Shoreline and Island are more vulnerable than Inland locations in terms of deaths, injuries, spreading of communicable diseases and property damages. Likewise, women and children are the most vulnerable groups to cyclone and storm surge. Regression result reveals that annual household income, household’s distance from the coast, household head’s primary occupation, age, and educational status are the major influencing factors to cyclone damage. Besides, government and NGO’s disaster management efforts have improved their efficiency in recent times. Therefore, human death, and injuries have reduced significantly. On the contrary, property damage has increased significantly in recent cyclones. Therefore, it is important to create awareness among coastal people by providing disaster risk reduction trainings to remote Islands and Shoreline villagers. Especially, priority should be given to women and children as they are the most vulnerable to cyclones and accompanied storm surges. Additionally, proper dissemination of accurate cyclone warning, creating new cyclone shelters and improving conditions of existing shelters, creating durable embankments and coastal afforestation could significantly minimize the cyclone impacts.
The book documents the historical perspective of floods in Bangladesh with environmental, socio- ... more The book documents the historical perspective of floods in Bangladesh with environmental, socio- economic and infrastructural impacts. The study intensively focuses on two villages of different geophysical conditions and addresses the indigenous practices and coping ability of local people. The book reports that people in an area with low flooding and with better socioeconomic circumstances are more likely to cope with impacts compared to people in areas with high and sudden flooding. Similarly, households’ ability to cope varies depending on people’s socioeconomic conditions, such as education, income and occupation. Although floods in Bangladesh generate socioeconomic misery and cause damage to the environment, health and infrastructure, people’s indigenous coping strategies have helped them to reduce significantly their vulnerability. Such flood-mitigating strategies should be well recognized and emphasized further via proper dissemination of information through an early-warning ...
This study was undertaken to explore the impacts of Monga, people's perception about governme... more This study was undertaken to explore the impacts of Monga, people's perception about government and non-government Monga mitigation activities and assessing victim's needs during Monga in two Monga-prone villages of northern Bangladesh. The present study finds that Monga has various impacts on people's socioeconomic conditions that results in starvation, poor calorie intake, malnutrition, social negligence, forced migration, and loss of assets, crops and livestock, etc. All such impacts depend not only on the duration of Monga but also the severity together with poor socioeconomic condition and lack of preparedness. The present study also finds that the most vulnerable groups in the Monga-prone areas are agricultural wage labourers, landless and marginal farmers, female-headed households, children, pregnant women and aged people. The government's relief, rehabilitation and employment generation activities are insufficient considering victim's needs during Monga p...
People repeatedly confronted by natural catastrophe in almost every year such as drought and floo... more People repeatedly confronted by natural catastrophe in almost every year such as drought and flood in the lower Teesta Basin area. After the construction of two barrages in Gozaldoba and Dalia on Teesta River drought and flood occurs almost every year. Intensity and frequency of these calamities are also increasing in an alarming rate, which caused serious damage to livelihoods and economy of this area. The objective of this paper is to find out the drought and flood induced vulnerability in the study area through Strength Weakness Opportunities Threat (SWOT) analysis. By this we can summarize the current state of a space and helping to devise a plan for the future, one that employs the existing strengths, redresses existing weaknesses, exploits opportunities and defends against threats. The study is conducted in Charkharibari village of Tepakharibari union of Dimla upazilla in Nilphamary district and Jigabari village of Tepamadhupur union of Kaunia upazilla in Rangpur district, tak...
The objectives of this paper are to examine the factors influencing the human vulnerability to cy... more The objectives of this paper are to examine the factors influencing the human vulnerability to cyclones and storm surges experiencing from the impacts of Cyclone Aila, which made landfall in Bangladesh coast on May 25, 2009. Relevant data are collected from two cyclone prone coastal villages of south-western Bangladesh, through structured questionnaire survey, key informant interviews and field observations. The questionnaire survey was conducted on 292 out of 1086 households through simple random sampling procedure, and study villages are selected purposively considering the severity of impacts of Cyclone Aila. Both descriptive and inferential statistics are used to examine the factors responsible for human vulnerability to cyclones and storm surges. The present study finds that physical, socio-economic and disaster management factors have significant role to determine the household level human vulnerability to the disaster induced by cyclones and storm surges. The households havin...
This paper explores the extent of impact and the severity of tropical cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh,... more This paper explores the extent of impact and the severity of tropical cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh, and assesses various countermeasures undertaken by Government of Bangladesh together with NGOs to minimize cyclone impacts. Based on a questionnaire survey at household level a total 331 out of 770 households were selected in the central coast of Bangladesh. This study finds that Shoreline and Island are more vulnerable than Inland locations in terms of deaths, injuries, spreading of communicable diseases and property damages. Likewise, women and children are the most vulnerable groups to cyclone and storm surge. Regression result reveals that annual household income, household’s distance from the coast, household head’s primary occupation, age, and educational status are the major influencing factors to cyclone damage. Besides, government and NGO’s disaster management efforts have improved their efficiency in recent times. Therefore, human death, and injuries have reduced significantly. On the contrary, property damage has increased significantly in recent cyclones. Therefore, it is important to create awareness among coastal people by providing disaster risk reduction trainings to remote Islands and Shoreline villagers. Especially, priority should be given to women and children as they are the most vulnerable to cyclones and accompanied storm surges. Additionally, proper dissemination of accurate cyclone warning, creating new cyclone shelters and improving conditions of existing shelters, creating durable embankments and coastal afforestation could significantly minimize the cyclone impacts.
The book documents the historical perspective of floods in Bangladesh with environmental, socio- ... more The book documents the historical perspective of floods in Bangladesh with environmental, socio- economic and infrastructural impacts. The study intensively focuses on two villages of different geophysical conditions and addresses the indigenous practices and coping ability of local people. The book reports that people in an area with low flooding and with better socioeconomic circumstances are more likely to cope with impacts compared to people in areas with high and sudden flooding. Similarly, households’ ability to cope varies depending on people’s socioeconomic conditions, such as education, income and occupation. Although floods in Bangladesh generate socioeconomic misery and cause damage to the environment, health and infrastructure, people’s indigenous coping strategies have helped them to reduce significantly their vulnerability. Such flood-mitigating strategies should be well recognized and emphasized further via proper dissemination of information through an early-warning ...
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