The term'natural disaster'is often used to refer to natural events such as earthquakes,
hurricanes or floods. However, the phrase'natural disaster'suggests an uncritical acceptance …

Bangladesh has recently experienced a number of high-profile disasters, including
devastating cyclones and annual floods. Poverty is both a cause of vulnerability, and a …

Considerable literature exists on floods and weather-related disasters, but limited attention
has been given to the varied social implications of hazards in the lives of people, especially …

At Risk reasserts the significance of the human factor in disasters. Establishing that the
social, political and economic environment is as much a cause of disasters as the natural …

Despite the imperative to pay attention to the words we use as a routine dimension of
research, the methodological and pedagogical tools illustrating how to work on our own use …

Char lands are islands formed in major river systems particularly in the flat deltaic plains
such as those in the Bengal delta in eastern India and Bangladesh. The char lands in the …

From its birth as an independent nation in 1971, Bangladesh became a site for Non
Government Organisations. Initially focussed on relief and rehabilitation activities following …

Bangladesh is one of the sea‐level lying countries that are extremely susceptible to climate
change‐induced sea level rise (SLR). Although the exact effects of SLR are yet to be …

Floods were by far the most damaging type of natural disasters during the 1990s, in terms of
both human impacts and socio‐economic losses. Vulnerability to flooding disasters around …

Sustainability of an organization is pursuing to device sustainability strategies which deliver
them economic and cultural benefits attained through social obligations. As such socio …