Description
Coastal Hazards in Bangladesh: Non-Structural and Structural Solutions provides a review of the study of Bangladesh’s coastal region, an area whose location and physical geography present the prefect microcosm for the study of coastal hazards and for the development of tactics that are applicable to regions around the world.
The book presents engineers, scientists, and planners with the necessary tools and planning solutions used to combat coastal vulnerabilities in Bangladesh. Divided into seven chapters, it begins with a critical overview of cyclone and storm surge disasters, focusing on both engineering responses and public preparedness programs to such events.
In addition, engineering recommendations are provided for further reduction of their impacts, such as erosion, accretion, and land subsidence, and numerical models are introduced to assess flood induced hazard and risk, flood-induced design loads, and how to intervene in protecting key installations, infrastructures, and communities.
- Provides engineers, scientists, and planners with the necessary tools and planning solutions they need to address the coastal vulnerabilities presented by floods, cyclones, and storm surge
- Includes engineering recommendations on how to reduce coastal hazards and their impact
- Explores the topic of sea level rise and the effect of salt water intrusion on fresh water and the surrounding soil
- Examines land uses in the coastal zone
Chapter
Local Impacts of a Global Problem
Climate Change in Bangladesh: A Synopsis
Physical Characteristics of a Coastal Zone
Physical Characteristics of Coastal Bangladesh
Estimated Areas and Administrative Districts
Official Boundaries of Coastal Bangladesh
Management of Coastal Zones
Coastal Ecosystems and Common-Property Resources
Land Types for Agricultural Land Use
Demographic and Socioeconomic Profile
COASTAL ZONES OF BANGLADESH
ORGANIZATION OF THIS BOOK
Two - Tropical Cyclones and Storm Surges
MEANING OF CYCLONES AND THEIR ALTERNATIVE TERMS
ORIGIN OF TROPICAL CYCLONES
Threshold Sea Surface Temperature
CHARACTERISTICS OF TROPICAL CYCLONES
Wind Speed and Air Pressure
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON BAY OF BENGAL CYCLONES
Assumptions About Climate Change Impacts on Cyclones
Have Cyclones Become More Frequent and More Violent in the Bay of Bengal?
Frequencies of Cyclonic Storms
Frequencies of High Magnitude Cyclones
Nature of Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies
What are El Niño and La Niña?
Effects of ENSO and IOD on Bay of Bengal Cyclones
CYCLONE HAZARDS IN BANGLADESH
Cyclone Deaths in Bangladesh
People Affected by Storms/Cyclones
INDIGENOUS ADJUSTMENTS TO CYCLONE HAZARDS
Reasons for Living With Cyclone Hazards
Nature of Indigenous Adjustments
Three - Climate Change and Sea Level Rise in Bangladesh
COMPLEXITIES OF SEA LEVEL RISE
Bangladesh as “Most Vulnerable Country” for Climate Change Impacts
Sea Level Fluctuations at the Geological Time Scale
Global Warming–Induced Sea Level Rise
SEA LEVEL RISE IN BANGLADESH
Nature of Sea Level Fluctuations
Sea Level Trends Along the Bangladesh Coast
SEA LEVEL RISE AS A CLIMATIC HAZARD FOR COASTAL BANGLADESH
Why Sea Level Rise May Be Considered as a Climatic Hazard?
How Many Are Likely to be Displaced by Sea Level Rise?
Non-IPCC Projections for Sea Level Rise in Bangladesh
Our Estimates of SLR-Risk Areas in Bangladesh
Where Would the Displaced People Resettle?
Reassessing Sea Level Rise in Bangladesh
Four - Coastal Landform Changes: Coastal Erosion, Land Accretion and Subsidence
Sea Level Rise and Erosion
Riverbank Erosion and SLR
Erosion-Accretion Balance
Implications of Coastal Erosion and Accretion
Five - Salinity Intrusion and Impacts
Primary Versus Secondary Salinization
Methods of Salinity Measurements
GEOGRAPHY OF SALINITY INTRUSION IN COASTAL BANGLADESH
Recent Increases in Soil Salinity
Geographical Variations in Soil Salinity
Geographical Variations in Groundwater Salinity
SALINITY DYNAMICS IN COASTAL BANGLADESH
Multivariate Problems of Salinity Intrusion
Natural Causes of Salinity
Effects of Unauthorized Local Projects
Effects of Engineering Interventions in Upstream River Basins
Impacts on Coastal Fisheries
STRATEGIES FOR REDUCING SOIL SALINITY
Six - Land Use Change and Coastal Management
Temporal Variation in Land Use
Rivers and Perennial Water Bodies
Drivers of Land Use Change
Emergence of Commercial Shrimp Farming
Changes in Socioeconomic Condition
Development Interventions
Early Initiatives of Coastal Zone Management
Integrated Coastal Zone Management Plan Project
Coastal Development Strategy
Country Programming Framework
Master Plan for Agricultural Development in Southern Region of Bangladesh
Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100
Seven - Nonstructural Adaptation
DEFINITIONS OF RELEVANT TERMS
BROADER CONTEXTS OF ADAPTATION AND ADAPTIVE CAPACITY
CYCLONE ADAPTATION FEATURES IN INDIGENOUS HOUSES
Types of Rural Houses in Coastal Bangladesh
Protection From Wind Damage
Protection From Storm Surges
AGRICULTURAL ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
Salinity Challenges for Agricultural Adaptation in Coastal Bangladesh
Crop Calendars of Bangladesh
Coastal Environments for Salt-Tolerant Rice
Nature of Salinity Measurements
Salt Tolerant Varieties of Boro Rice
Salt Tolerant Varieties of Transplant Aman Rice
Salinity Control for Rabi (Dry) Season Crops
ADAPTATION OF COASTAL FISHERIES TO CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS
Bangladesh Fisheries Sectors
DISASTER MANAGEMENT POLICIES
Third Dimension of Adaptation to Sea Level Rise
Cyclone Preparedness Program
Media Discourse on Cyclone Disasters in Bangladesh
National Plan for Disaster Management 2008–2015
The Way Ahead: Addressing Hyogo Priority for Disaster Risk Reduction
Eight - Structural Adaptation
LIVING WITH SEA LEVEL RISE THROUGH STRUCTURAL ADAPTATION
COASTAL CLIMATE-RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT
Improvement of Rural Roads
Other Measures and Prospects of CCRIP
Potential Strengthening of Existing Rural Homes
Engineering Designs of Cyclone-Proof Homes
“Build Back Better”: A Case Study on Cyclone-Resistant Homes
Numbers of Cyclone Shelters
Geographical Distribution and Capacities of Cyclone Shelters
Functions and Facilities of Cyclone Shelters
COASTAL EMBANKMENTS AND POLDERS
Embankment Traditions in Bangladesh
Environmental Impacts of Polders and Embankments
Secondary Role of Polders
What Is the Triple-F Model?
Community-Based Adaptation Project
Limitations of the FFF Model
Role of Forestry in Confronting Climate Change
Coastal Plantation Projects
Community-Based Coastal Forestry
VULNERABILITIES OF THE COAST
CHALLENGES AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Forestry and Other Resources
Climatic Hazards in Coastal Bangladesh
：Non-Structural and Structural Solutions
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