Flash Flood Risk and Resilience Analysis of Tanguar Haor Adjacent Areas

Authors

  • Khan Towfiqul Islam Lecturer, Department of Geography and Environment, Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh
  • Islam Md. Risadul Islam Post Graduate Research Student, Department of Geography and Environment, Jahangirnagar University, Savar-1342, Bangladesh
  • Mehrun Chy. Mansura B.Sc Research Student, Department of Geography and Environment, Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh

Keywords:

Flash flood, Vulnerability, Probability, Risk and Resilience

Abstract

Bangladesh faces various types of natural hazards from its birth due to geographical location and physiographic sitting. Flood is the most common event among them. North-eastern part of Bangladesh faces flash flood almost every year with large scale of damage. Tanguar Haor, a famous ramsar site of Bangladesh located in Sunamganj district. This wetland adjacent areas are the most vulnerable zone in terms of flash flood hazard. About more than 80% people are the direct victim of this hazard. This study tries to assess the risk and resilience status of flash flood using risk and resilience assessment matrix. To accomplish this research both primary and secondary data have used. Through this work the comparative view between risk and resilience status has tried to represent. That shows the actual penetration of the depth of risk reduction policy making to improve the condition and minimize the losses of flash flood in the study area.

References

. A. M. Donoghue (2000). The design of hazard risk assessment matrices for ranking occupational health risks and their application in mining and minerals processing.

. M. Ahmed (2013). Review status of existing sanctuaries and design and demonstration of a site of an advanced fish sanctuary in Tanguar Haor. TARA. Report submitted to IUCN Bangladesh under CBSMTH Project. 19 pp.

. BBS. Population Census (2011). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.

. A.M. Choudhury (2001). Major disasters in Bangladesh and their impacts: Presented at the Disaster Management Course held at PATC, Savar, pp-01-02.

. A. H. Chowdhury (2010). "The state of Community Based Sustainable Management of Tanguar Haor", 16th Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference, 30 May-01 June, 2010, The Kadoorie Institute, University of Hong Kong.

. R.S. Davis (2001). Flash Flood Forecast and Detention Methods. National weather service forecast office. Pittsburgh, Pensylvania. Pp-17-36.

. R. Firoz A. Adrika A. Wahed. Z. Hasiba and M. Mahbub (2010). Disaster Risk Reduction Report (DDR) on Tanguar Haor. IUCN.

. GISGeography.com. [Online] Available on web: https://gisgeography.com/spatial-autocorrelation-moran-i-gis/ [Accessed 25 November, 2017]

. A.N. Khan (1997). Consultancy Report on Land Tenure and Land Management of Tanguar Haor. Draft Final Report. Ministry of Environment and Forest, GOB, National Conservation Strategy Implementation Project 1. Dhaka, December 1997, part one 82 pp, part two 80 pp.

. T. Luo. A. Maddocks and C. Iceland (2015). World’s 15 countries with the most people exposed to River floods. World Resources Institute.

. M.M. Rahman I. Sajib and M. Alam (2014). A Study on Climate Change Impact on The Livelihood of The People in Tanguar Haor Bangladesh. Natural Hazards of Bangladesh. University of Asia Pacific.

. H.E. Rashid, and D. Rowshan (2012). Developing Post Graduate course on Floodplain and Disaster Management. Independent University, Bangladesh.

. P. Roy. D. Chowdhury and M. Dashwara (2017). Havoc in Haor. The Daily Star, [Online] Page-1. Available at: http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/havoc-haor-1391089 [Accessed 10th September, 2017].

. A.B. Shrestha (2008). Resource Manual on Flash Flood Risk Management. International Center for Integrated Mountain Development. Kathmandu: Hill side press LTD.

Downloads

Published

2020-04-10

How to Cite

Islam, K. T. ., Islam, I. M. R. ., & Chy. Mansura, M. . (2020). Flash Flood Risk and Resilience Analysis of Tanguar Haor Adjacent Areas. International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR), 51(1), 84–97. Retrieved from https://www.gssrr.org/index.php/JournalOfBasicAndApplied/article/view/10983

Issue

Section

Articles