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Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Disaster risk reduction project continues in Gaibandha
11 Mar 2010, New Nation
According to Zainul Abed, a senior project officer, since 2006, a total of 2000 people have taken part in a disaster risk reduction project for vulnerable communities, carried out by Practical Action Bangladesh in partnership with SKS Foundation, with financial support from DFID...
National Platform
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Disaster Management Bureau (DMB) - Website:http://www.dmb.gov.bd
- Contact:Director
- Phone:0088-028859636
Hyogo Framework for Action
- National Policy & Plans
- Bangladesh: Super Cyclone Sidr 2007 - impacts and strategies for interventions (2008)2008, MOFDM, Bangladesh - gov
- Bangladesh: National disaster management plan 2008-2015 draft (2008)2008, DMB, MOFDM; MOFDM, Bangladesh - gov
- Official Statements & Presentations
- Bangladesh: Statement made at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (2009)2009, MOFDM, Bangladesh - gov
- Bangladesh: Statement made at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (2007)2007, Bangladesh - gov
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- Bangladesh: Poverty reduction strategy paper - PRSP (2005)2005, Bangladesh - gov; IMF; WB
- Bangladesh: National adaptation programme of action - NAPA (2005)2005, Bangladesh - gov; GEF; UNDP; UNFCCC
Human Exposure
| Hazard type | Population exposed |
Percentage of population  |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Cyclone | 4,641,060 |      |
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| Drought | 642,277 |  |
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| Flood | 19,279,960 |  |
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| Landslide | 3,758 |  |
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| Earthquake | 1,330,958 |     |
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| Tsunami | 1,598,546 |  |
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Source of data: 2009 Global Assessment Report |
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Top 5 Natural Disaster reported
| Disaster | Date | Affected | (no. of people) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flood | 1988 | 45,000,000 |  |
| Flood | 2004 | 36,000,000 | |
| Flood | 1984 | 30,000,000 | |
| Flood | 1987 | 29,700,000 | |
| Drought | 1983 | 20,000,000 | |
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Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database Data version: v11.08 *: Including tsunami Data displayed does not imply national endorsement. |
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- Environmental science programmeKhulna Univ, Bangladesh (Khulna)
- MSC in water resources developmentIWFM
From ISDR System and other DRR actors
- Remittances and natural disasters: ex-post response and contribution to ex-ante preparedness2009, WB
- Programme evaluation of disaster risk reduction: overall report2010, Cordaid
- Climate change and its humanitarian impacts2009, FIC; King's College; SEI; Tufts Univ
- Global Risk Data Platform (dynamic mapping tool)
- Flood waters of South Asia 2008Sep 2008, UNOSAT
- Bangladesh: composite hazard mapMar 2007, OCHA-ROAP
- Bangladesh: 10m low elevation coastal zone and population density2007, CIESIN
- Technical specialist, early warning (re-advertisement)Thailand , ADPC
- Technical specialist, early warningThailand (Bangkok), ADPC
- Team assistant, GS-4 (two posts)Thailand (Bangkok), ESCAP
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