New Age

Although ‘climate change’ seems to be the most frequently used word in popular media, ‘climate crisis’ has become significantly more widespread within the past two or three years.

Strengthening the flood early warning system, developing strategies for disaster risk reduction cooperation with India, and raising public awareness are some of the recommendations M Mizanur Rahman development researcher offers to strengthen disaster resilience in Bangladesh in his article that appeared in the New Age...

Trained and prepared community volunteer groups can be very effective in building community awareness and supporting the Fire Service and Civil Defence in case of disaster emergencies.

Writing for New Age, M Mizanur Rahman, Tania Sufi, Simon Rahman and Syed Shahnawaz Ali describe the intensity of urban hazards in Bangladesh, depicting how disaster risk reduction in urban community is difficult...

Tasfi Sal-Sabil and M Mizanur Rahman address the triangular relationship between disaster, poverty and education in Bangladesh. People in disaster prone areas of Bangladesh 'are not well off enough to have some preparedness or mitigation measure for disaster'...

In an op-ed for the New Age, M Mizanur Rahman asserts that the 'extent people will suffer after disaster depends on the coping strategies they adopt...' He asks, 'But when all people in a community or society remain under a continuous threat for their own security of livelihood, who to come forward to help others?'... for New Age asks whether disaster is a leveller for the social and economic condition of human being and demonstrates that 'social capitals are very helpful in adopting coping strategies in disaster-prone areas...

In this op-ed for New Age, M Mizanur Rahman argues that though there are interventions of different non-government organisations for disaster risk reduction, these cannot address the issue entirely until or unless these are integrated with livelihood programmes and income generating activities...

This op-ed by M. Mizanur Rahman and Syed Shahnawaz Ali for New Age shows why disaster risk reduction initiatives should be redesigned so that they can address the problem properly...