An integrated approach of flood risk assessment in the eastern part of Dhaka City

AK Gain, V Mojtahed, C Biscaro, S Balbi, C Giupponi - Natural Hazards, 2015 - Springer
The flood risk is a function of the flood hazard, the exposed values, and their vulnerability. In
addition to extreme hydrological events, different anthropogenic activities such as extensive …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive study on identification of risk factors for fatal pedestrian crashes at urban intersections in a developing country

D Mukherjee, S Mitra - Asian Transport Studies, 2020 - Elsevier
Pedestrian safety is a major and growing problem in Indian cities. The current investigation
examines crash data (2011–2016) obtained from the Kolkata Police and identifies high-risk …

Integrated risk assessment of water-related disasters

C Giupponi, V Mojtahed, AK Gain, C Biscaro… - … hazards, risks and …, 2015 - Elsevier
This chapter presents a conceptual framework (KULTURisk Framework or KR-FWK) and its
implementation methods (SERRA or Socio-Economic Regional Risk Assessment) for …

[HTML][HTML] What makes pregnant workers sick: why, when, where and how? An exploratory study in the ready-made garment industry in Bangladesh

S Akhter, S Rutherford, C Chu - Reproductive health, 2017 - Springer
Background Bangladesh has made significant progress in reducing maternal mortality.
Many factors have contributed to this; one is the socio-economic development of the country …

Sexual myths in women

FA Ahmed, I Younis… - Benha Journal of Applied …, 2020 - bjas.journals.ekb.eg
Sexual myths are beliefs about sexual subjects, which are often exaggerated, wrong and
non-scientific but thought to be true. These wrong beliefs and concepts affect individual's …

[HTML][HTML] Characteristics of pedestrians in Bangladesh who did not receive public education on road safety

T Chowdhury, SM Rifaat, R Tay - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The safety of pedestrians, such as workers who largely walk to and from work, has not been
given sufficient attention, especially in the area of traffic safety in developing countries …

Motivations of pedestrians for safe use of highway crossing: an application of the behaviour change model COM-B in Bangladesh

MS Sarker, O Carsten, Y Huang… - Traffic Safety …, 2023 - open-access.bcu.ac.uk
In Low-and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs), approximately 93% of global road fatalities
occur. As the population of students and workers in these countries continues to grow …

[PDF][PDF] Modelling informal settlements using a hybrid automata approach

R Stouffs, P Janssen, S Roudavski… - … on Computer-Aided …, 2013 - papers.cumincad.org
Automata based modeling of urban environments focuses on the bottom up emergence of
particular phenomena through interactions at the disaggregated level. Two popular …

Improving Pedestrian Safety in Bangladesh: Insights from Behaviour Change Models and Co-Design Interventions

MS Sarker - 2023 - etheses.whiterose.ac.uk
In Bangladesh, pedestrians, particularly students and workers, frequently face the challenge
of crossing medium-to-high speed roads during their daily commute. Pedestrians' low rate of …

Reduction of fire hazard risk in RMG factories in Bangladesh through design and planning approaches

M Moniruzzaman - 2015 - dspace.bracu.ac.bd
To reduce the fire hazard in RMG we should look into the issue in a holistic approach both
from planning and design point of view. Because a well designed factory will not be able to …