With planning, the potential effects of flooding can be significantly reduced, often with little outlay. The most serious floods come from watercourses or from the sea. With the predicted impact of climate change, flooding from those sources looks set to increase in frequency and severity. However...
Struggles in a Sari: How Women are Affected by Flooding in BangladeshLinda LittererSarah Dorpinghaus
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Asian cities are struggling to accommodate rapid urban migration, and development is encroaching on flood-prone areas. Recent flooding in Mumbai was blamed in part onunregulated developmentof wetlands, whilehastily builturban areas are being affectedby floodingacross India, Nepal, and Banglades...
UK, THIS COLL ABORATION BRINGS TOGETHER ARCHITECTS SUCH AS DR JOSEPHINE MALONZA AT THE UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA AND URBAN PLANNERS SUCH AS DR SHILPI ROY AT KHULNA UNIVERSITY, BANGLADESH, TO EXPLORE HOW TO IMPROVE URBAN ENVIRO NMENTS HOW CAN URBAN PLANNERS AND ARCHITECTS REDUCE INEQUALITY IN CITIES?
Monsoon Flooding In June 2020, the monsoon flooding added additional woes to the agricultural sectors of both India and Bangladesh. Both of the countries are still facing the effects of the pandemic, the migration, cyclone and a flood on top of that, just adds to the complexities. ...
(china, bangladesh, india, philippines and the us) account for two thirds of all displacements recorded in 2020 . but they are also among the most populated places in the world. let’s change the map and adjust the number of displacements recorded in each nation ...
Research was conducted in the northeastern floodplain communities of Bangladesh, regarded as one of the most climate sensitive, resource poor, and highly understudied areas of the country. This wetland-dominated ecosystem is home to diverse resources user groups (e.g., farmer and fisher) who are ...
ACTIVITY 2 CASE STUDY: PUBLIC GOODS IN BANGLADESH 1 ▶ Why are flood defence systems classified as a public good? Like all public goods, flood defence systems possess two particular characteristics. First, they are non-excludable. This means that once a public good is p...