District-wise multi-hazard zoning of Bangladesh

Barua, Uttama; Akhter, M. Shammi; Ansary, Mehedi Ahmed

doi:10.1007/s11069-016-2276-2

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“…The ALVI approach, however, includes more indicators to represent the diversified agriculture of coastal Bangladesh, and applies unequal weighting of indicators by the experts’ judgment, providing more accurate results [15,18,21,56,71]. The most vulnerable region was also found to be the most exposed to climatic variability and disasters, compared to other districts, a result in agreement with the hazard map of Bangladesh developed by CEGIS [42] and some other literature [48,63].…”

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“…The time-series data (1964–2013) on maximum and minimum temperature, and rainfall from 19 weather stations spread over the entire coastal region, were obtained from the Bangladesh Meteorological Division (BMD), Agargaon, Dhaka. The historical data on frequency and intensity of floods and cyclones were collected from the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) report, and the hazard score was computed following the methodology of Barua et al (2016) [63]. The district-level average drought intensity score was obtained from Alamgir et al (2019) [64], calculated based on the time series precipitation data during 1994–2013 for the Kharif season.…”

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Assessing Agricultural Livelihood Vulnerability to Climate Change in Coastal Bangladesh

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Cui

et al. 2019

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The adverse impacts of climate change exert mounting pressure on agriculture-dependent livelihoods of many developing and developed nations. However, integrated and spatially specific vulnerability assessments in less-developed countries like Bangladesh are rare, and insufficient to support the decision-making needed for climate-change resilience. Here, we develop an agricultural livelihood vulnerability index (ALVI) and an integrated approach, allowing for (i) mapping out the hot spots of vulnerability distribution; (ii) identifying key factors of spatially heterogeneous vulnerability; and (iii) supporting intervention planning for adaptation. This study conceptualized vulnerability as a function of exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity by developing a composite index from a reliable dataset of 64 indicators comprising biophysical, agro-ecological, and socioeconomic variables. The empirical studies of coastal Bangladesh revealed that Bhola, Patuakhali, and Lakshmipur districts, around the mouth of the deltaic Meghna estuaries, are the hot spot of vulnerability distribution. Furthermore, the spatially heterogeneous vulnerability was triggered by spatial variation of erosion, cyclones, drought, rain-fed agriculture, land degradation, soil phosphorus, crop productivity, sanitation and housing condition, infant mortality, emergency shelters, adoption of agro-technology. The integrated approach could be useful for monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of adaptation intervention by substituting various hypothetical scenarios into the ALVI framework for baseline comparison.

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Assessing Agricultural Livelihood Vulnerability to Climate Change in Coastal Bangladesh

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Cui

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“…Risk assessment of natural hazards has been done previously in Bangladesh, but national scale assessments are generally restricted to province or district disaggregation level [ 75 ]. Most of the studies assessed vulnerability and risk at local level either in urban centers or in a localized small area [ 76 , 77 ].…”

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Assessing Risks from Cyclones for Human Lives and Livelihoods in the Coastal Region of Bangladesh

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Khan

Kervyn

2017

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As a disaster prone country, Bangladesh is regularly hit by natural hazards, including devastating cyclones, such as in 1970, 1991 and 2007. Although the number of cyclones’ fatalities reduced from 0.3 million in 1970 to a few thousand or fewer in recent events, loss of lives and impact on livelihoods remains a concern. It depends on the meteorological characteristics of cyclone and the general vulnerability and capacity of the exposed population. In that perspective, a spatially explicit risk assessment is an essential step towards targeted disaster risk reduction. This study aims at analyzing the spatial variation of the different factors contributing to the risk for coastal communities at regional scale, including the distribution of the hazards, exposure, vulnerability and capacity. An exploratory factor analysis method is used to map vulnerability contrasts between local administrative units. Indexing and ranking using geospatial techniques are used to produce maps of exposure, hazard, vulnerability, capacities and risk. Results show that vulnerable populations and exposed areas are distributed along the land sea boundary, islands and major inland rivers. The hazard, assessed from the density of historical cyclone paths, is highest in the southwestern part of the coast. Whereas cyclones shelters are shown to properly serve the most vulnerable populations as priority evacuation centers, the overall pattern of capacity accounting for building quality and road network shows a more complex pattern. Resultant risk maps also provide a reasonable basis from which to take further structural measures to minimize loss of lives in the upcoming cyclones.

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“…The second is to strengthen existing policies and institutions surrounding DRR fund distribution so that the dominant stakeholders are compulsorily bound to follow them strictly (Barua et al, 2016, Bhuiyan, 2015. The third is to place vulnerable groups and the DRR community front and centre in DRR processes.…”

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Distributing flood shelters for disaster risk reduction

Islam¹,

Chu²,

Liew³

et al. 2019

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to inspect disaster risk reduction (DRR) challenges from a political economy (PE) perspective and to explore how PE determinants facilitate or hinder effective DRR in Bangladesh. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative case study, using semi-structured in-depth interviews, official documents and literature review has been conducted to explore the current process and practices of DRR in Bangladesh. The specific focus is on the distribution of public spending on flood shelters implemented by the Department of Disaster Management. Findings The study revealed a number of findings, including that the interest and incentives of influencing decision makers matter; formal and informal institutions have influence; and the values and ideas of dominating stakeholders’ impact on decisions regarding public spending of DRR in Bangladesh. These PE factors often hinder efficiency by leading to overlapping efforts and inefficient use of scarce resources. DRR planners and practitioners need to take steps to mitigate potential risks from PE processes in the allocations of DRR funding by implementing improved distribution arrangements. Originality/value Despite many successes in dealing with disasters, Bangladesh faces several challenges, including better governance of funds. DRR challenges can be considered as a problem of PE, which concerns the distribution of resources, and includes how powerful decision makers affect economic choices. Prior research examining the challenges in DRR-related funding distribution from a PE perspective is limited. Therefore, this study attempts to fill this gap in the literature by focusing on the situation in Bangladesh from this perspective. The authors elaborate how PE determinants can function as both barrier and opportunities on the ground in DRR-related fund distribution and in the selection of project locations and beneficiaries.

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District-wise multi-hazard zoning of Bangladesh

Cited by 46 publications

References 26 publications

Assessing Agricultural Livelihood Vulnerability to Climate Change in Coastal Bangladesh

Assessing Agricultural Livelihood Vulnerability to Climate Change in Coastal Bangladesh

Assessing Risks from Cyclones for Human Lives and Livelihoods in the Coastal Region of Bangladesh

Distributing flood shelters for disaster risk reduction

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