Assessing Risks from Cyclones for Human Lives and Livelihoods in the Coastal Region of Bangladesh.

ABSTRACT: As a disaster prone country, Bangladesh is regularly hit by natural hazards, including devastating cyclones, such as in 1970, 1991 and 2007. Although the number of cyclones' fatalities reduced from 0.3 million in 1970 to a few thousand or fewer in recent events, loss of lives and impact on livelihoods remains a concern. It depends on the meteorological characteristics of cyclone and the general vulnerability and capacity of the exposed population. In that perspective, a spatially explicit risk assessment is an essential step towards targeted disaster risk reduction. This study aims at analyzing the spatial variation of the different factors contributing to the risk for coastal communities at regional scale, including the distribution of the hazards, exposure, vulnerability and capacity. An

SUBMITTER: Quader MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5580535 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature