1. Home
  2. Update

Setting Bangladesh on a new path towards disaster resilience

Source(s): Dhaka Tribune
Upload your content

Bangladesh’s ability to manage disasters has improved dramatically in the past 40 years. This reduction happened because Bangladesh replaced its reactive approach to disasters, which focused on relief but allowed long term vulnerabilities to persist, with a proactive stance that sought to reduce risks posed by extreme weather events, according to Dhaka Tribune.

Attachments

Last checked: 16 July 2021

Explore further

Country and region Bangladesh

Please note: Content is displayed as last posted by a PreventionWeb community member or editor. The views expressed therein are not necessarily those of UNDRR, PreventionWeb, or its sponsors. See our terms of use