Revisiting disaster preparedness in coastal communities since 1970s in Bangladesh with an emphasis on the case of tropical cyclone Amphan in May 2020

MT Islam, M Charlesworth, M Aurangojeb… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The geographical location and development of Bangladesh means that the country is
vulnerable to tropical cyclones. Cyclones are becoming more frequent and severe due to the …

Integrating potential ecosystem services losses into ecological risk assessment of land use changes: A case study on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Y Liang, W Song - Journal of Environmental Management, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, climate change has caused a significant increase in the natural disaster risk
on a global scale, posing a great threat to humans and ecosystems. In addition to natural …

The health response to the Rohingya refugee crisis post August 2017: reflections from two years of health sector coordination in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh

R Jeffries, H Abdi, M Ali, ATMRH Bhuiyan… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
On August 25 2017, an unprecedented influx of Rohingya refugees began from Rakhine
State in Myanmar into Bangladesh's district of Cox's Bazar. The scale and acuteness of this …

Assessing drought vulnerability using geospatial techniques in northwestern part of Bangladesh

MAA Hoque, B Pradhan, N Ahmed - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Drought is a damaging and costly natural disaster that frequently affects many climatic
regions in the world. A multi-criteria-based approach for integrated spatial drought …

Agricultural drought risk assessment of Northern New South Wales, Australia using geospatial techniques

MAA Hoque, B Pradhan, N Ahmed… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Droughts are recurring events in Australia and cause a severe effect on agricultural and
water resources. However, the studies about agricultural drought risk mapping are very …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial–temporal characterization of rainfall in Pakistan during the past half-century (1961–2020)

G Ali, M Sajjad, S Kanwal, T Xiao, S Khalid, F Shoaib… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Spatial–temporal rainfall assessments are integral to climate/hydrological modeling,
agricultural studies, and water resource planning and management. Herein, we evaluate …

Coastal erosion vulnerability assessment along the eastern coast of Bangladesh using geospatial techniques

N Ahmed, N Howlader, MAA Hoque… - Ocean & Coastal …, 2021 - Elsevier
Coastal zones are physically, socially, and economically important. However, many coastal
zones are highly vulnerable to coastal erosion due to high population density, tourist …

[HTML][HTML] GIS-based analysis on the spatial patterns of global maritime accidents

H Wang, Z Liu, Z Liu, X Wang, J Wang - Ocean engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Based on the global maritime accident data from 2010 to 2019, density analysis and
clustering analysis have been used to analyse the spatial patterns of maritime accidents in …

Does high risk mean high loss: Evidence from flood disaster in southern China

Y Chen, J Li, A Chen - Science of the total environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Southern China has suffered from flood disasters for over sixty years, which results in
tremendous socio-economic loss. With the development of economy and the improvement of …

Flash flood impacts of Hurricane Otto and hydrometeorological risk mapping in Costa Rica

A Quesada-Román… - … Tidsskrift-Danish Journal …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Flash floods are one of the most damaging natural hazards in tropics. Seasonal and
extraordinary rainfall recurrently trigger flash floods in Costa Rica. Hurricane Otto was the …