Publisher Description

This book addresses disaster and disaster risk reduction (DRR) practices, constraints and capacity in the context of coastal Bangladesh.Located in the lower riparian of the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh has to face frequent disasters such as floods, cyclones, river erosion, salinity intrusion as well as drought. Drawing together a range of multidisciplinary perspectives, Coastal Disaster Risk Management in Bangladesh explores the connection between climate change and DRR issues in this region. The editors reorganize disaster studies around social and physical changes that can reduce these risks and put at risk populations on a stronger footing by making risk reduction the focus. These include measures to improve disaster preparedness, to boost recovery by creating better disaster planning and programs, and physical and social initiatives to improve disaster resilience. Also, analyzing the gender perspective, the volume also utilizes the local knowledge framework to consider whether these populations have resilient knowledge that needs to be incorporated into initiatives based on advanced technology and perspectives.This book will be of interest to academics, researchers, students, policymakers and practitioners in the field of disaster, DRR and governance, climate change, climate change adaptation (CCA) and the environment.

Author Biography

Mahbuba Nasreen is Professor and former Director at the Institute of Disaster Management and Vulnerability Studies, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.Khondoker Mokaddem Hossain is Professor and founding Director at the Institute of Disaster Management and Vulnerability Studies, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.Mohammed Moniruzzaman Khan is Associate Professor at the Institute of Disaster Management and Vulnerability Studies, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Table of Contents

DeclarationPreface AcknowledgementSummary of the book AbbreviationsGlossary of terms Illustrations (List of Maps, Figures and Tables)Chapter I: Introducing Coastal Region of BangladeshMahbuba Nasreen, Mohammed Moniruzzaman Khan, Khondoker Mokaddem HossainChapter II: Understanding Vulnerability and Risk of Coastal Bangladesh1 Effects on health of salinity due to environmental exposure: Experiences from BangladeshMd. Sadequr Rahman, Khondoker Mokaddem Hossain, Joris van Loenhout, Pascaline Wallemacq, and Debarati Guha- Sapir2 Does salinity intrusion increase the rate of chronic illness: a case study from Dacope upazila of coastal region of BangladeshMohammad Abdul Quader, Md. Farhad Hasan, Md. Habibur Rahman, Md. Abdul Malak3 'Life on the move', impacts of riverbank erosion on people's life: a case study of an eroding village in BangladeshNahid Rezwana, Saadi IslamChapter III: Disaster, Water Insecurity and Management1 Water insecurity and poverty: Changing livelihood in coastal BangladeshMonishankar Sarkar, MahbubaNasreen2 Challenges of Safe Water Management in South-West Coastal Regions of BangladeshSyed Ashik – E – Elahi, Khondoker Mokaddem Hossain3 Water management issues of coastal BangladeshSyed Hafizur Rahman, Prabal BaruaChapter IV: Gender, Disaster and Social Inclusion1. Why is women's leadership important for enhancing disaster resilience to natural perturbations? Important insights from coastal communities of BangladeshMohammed Moniruzzaman Khan, Abul Kalam Azad, Abu-Hena Mostofa Kamal, Dilara Zahid, Md. Abdul Malak, 2 Gender culture in water security of coastal Bangladesh: A maxim or redressSabrina Zaman, Mahbuba Nasreen, Fahreen Hossain3 Where lies the problem with elderly population beneath the non-response to evacuation order? A study on cyclone Bulbul in cyclone-affected islands of BangladeshZawadIbn Farid, Mahbuba Nasreen4 Empowering women to enhance social equity and disaster resilience in coastal Bangladesh through climate change adaptation knowledge and technologies Mahbuba Nasreen, Dwijen Mallick, Sharmind NeelormiChapter V: Disaster Risk, Human Capital and PreparednessMohammed Moniruzzaman Khan, Abu Hena Mostafa, Nurunnahar Mazumder2 Role of Human Capital on Disaster Preparedness in the South-western Coastal BangladeshMamunur Rahman, Md. Nasif Ahsan3 Nature-based Solutions in Coastal Disaster Management in BangladeshRezaur Rahman4 Blue revolution in coastal Bangladesh: a call for an inclusive policy and sustainable governanceChoyon Kumar Saha, Md. Masud-All-KamalChapter VI: Behavioural Change and Community Participation1 Community priorities in disaster risk reduction interventions: acritical perspective from BangladeshTuhin Roy, Mahbuba Nasreen, Md Kamrul Hasan, M.M. Abdullah Al Mamun Sony 2 Developing a behaviour change intervention using the Behaviour Change Wheel to increase community participation in the local level disaster management process in BangladeshSanjoy Kumar Chanda3 Demographic determinants of disaster preparedness behavior amongst the inhabitants of South-West Coastal BangladeshShahana Akter, Md. Mujibor RahmanChapter VII: Disaster Risk Governance & Policy Implementation1 "Gaps on the Ground": Local-Level Policy Implementation for Disaster Risk Reduction in Coastal BangladeshC. Emdad Haque, M. Salim Uddin2 Protective Effects of Existing Coastal BuffersSyed LabibUl Islam, G M Tarekul Islam3 Sustainable Livelihood and Urban Environment: learning from the disaster affected displaced population in Khulna city, BangladeshMosammat Rowshan Ara, MahbubaNasreen4 A conceptual approach for understanding the disaster-pandemic nexusRupkatha Priodarshini, Bishawjit Mallick, Saleemul Huq5 ConclusionsIndex

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