The annual rhythm of flooding in Bangladesh is natural, necessary, and welcome. Water molds the culture, shapes the land and sustains all life; yet, it may also bring death. Like any other summer monsoon day in Bangladesh, it was hot and humid. A brief but torrential down pouring of ...
Human adjustments to river bank erosion hazard in the Jamuna floodplain, Bangladesh The present study focuses on the characteristics of human adjustment strategies to cope with river bank erosion hazard among inhabitants of the Jamuna floo... CE Haque - 《Human Ecology》 被引量: 45发表: 1988年 ...
To support those affected by the flooding in Bangladesh, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) issued an Emergency Appeal of $6.6 million over 12 months to assist up to 400,000 people. The appeal focuses on shelter; cash and voucher assistance; livelihoods; health;...
J. Coastal flooding by tropical cyclones and sea-level rise. Nature 504, 44–52 (2013). Google Scholar Mahmuduzzaman, M., Ahmed, Z. U., Nuruzzaman, A. K. M. & Ahmed, F. R. S. Causes of salinity intrusion in coastal belt of Bangladesh. Int. J. Plant. Res. 4, 8–13 (...
J. Coastal flooding by tropical cyclones and sea-level rise. Nature 504, 44–52 (2013). Google Scholar Mahmuduzzaman, M., Ahmed, Z. U., Nuruzzaman, A. K. M. & Ahmed, F. R. S. Causes of salinity intrusion in coastal belt of Bangladesh. Int. J. Plant. Res. 4, 8–13 (...
Earth, air (wind), fire, and water, the original four elements named by the noted Greek philosopher Empedocles, are key ingredients in the recipe for many disasters. For instance, storms often bring a combination of damaging winds, flooding rains, and lightning that sparks fires. Disturbances ...
While the Persian Gulf saw the most dangerous heat, extremes were also recorded in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, northwestern Australia and parts of Mexico. In the United States, levels around 30 C were seen near the Gulf Coast, in east Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida Pa...
area, but droughts have the most significant impacts at the sub-national level. The most affected GSDPs are in the non-agriculture sectors, positively by the floods and negatively by droughts. No significant influence on human development may be due to substantial investment on mitigation of ...
The exposure–sensitivity–adaptation (E-S-A) framework highlights the intrinsic causes of vulnerability and is widely used in ecological assessment [7,80,81]. This study primarily refers to the E-S-A evaluation index system, grading standards, and ESVI index calculation method constructed by Zha...
They estimated that under a worst-case scenario, habitable land loss in Egypt and Bangladesh between 1989 and 2100 could be 24% and 36%, respectively. A similar approach was used to evaluate the vulnerability of the Ebro delta (Sanchez-Arcilla et al., 1998). This study expands and updates...