Households' links with NGOs are an important support for disaster resilience and recovery in
Bangladesh. Previous studies have examined how social capital promotes disaster …

Purpose–The paper aims to discuss the findings of a humanitarian logistics manager field
study on response activity concerning the 2004 tsunami disaster in terms of what should …

The purpose of this research is to explore indigenous coping strategies and identify
underlying demographic, socio-economic and other relevant variables that influence the …

This volume, Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate
Change Adaptation, is a Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change …

Tropical cyclones are one of the most catastrophic natural disasters, regularly affecting
coastal areas across the world. The intensity and extent of impacts by these disasters have …

In most of the cases natural hazard risk assessment commonly focuses on a single hazard
occurs in a particular region such as flood, landslide, or cyclones. However, many locations …

Cyclones are one of the devastating natural hazards in the earth that have extensive
consequences on both life and livelihood. Assessment of cyclone risk is important not only …

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' …

Bangladesh is one of the most geomorphologically active countries situated within the
World's largest basin of the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM). The physiographic …

Typhoons are among the most dangerous meteorological events, and they frequently cause
human fatalities and significant economic loss. An accurate estimation of typhoon disaster …