This study presents a spatiotemporal appraisal of poverty in relation to land use/land cover change and pluvial flood risk in the south western embanked area of Bangladesh.
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The potential of Tidal River Management for flood alleviation in South Western Bangladesh
This study assesses the potential of Tidal River Management for flood alleviation in South Western Bangladesh, classifying the south western delta of Bangladesh according to different flood susceptible zones.
Book chapter: Rural Water Policy in Africa and Asia
In this book chapter, the authors argue for an increase in investments in designing and testing emerging institutional models for rural water services to evaluate the trade‐offs in performance across institutional, financial and operational dimensions.
Water Pollution Management in Dhaka: Stakeholder perceptions to inform action
This policy brief reports on key findings and recommendations from research led by WSUP, looking at the attitudes and perceptions of households, industry, government and non-governmental organizations to freshwater pollution in Dhaka.
Machine learning to evaluate impacts of flood protection in Bangladesh, 1983–2014
The research in this article published in MDPI Water uses machine-learning approaches to study the long-term impacts of flood protection in Bangladesh. Specifically, it tests whether the embankment has affected the welfare of people over time, benefiting those living inside more than those living outside.
River toxicity assessment using molecular biosensors: Heavy metal contamination in the Turag-Balu-Buriganga river systems, Dhaka, Bangladesh
This study used technology based on luminescent molecular biosensors to assess the toxicity in the rivers around Dhaka in Bangladesh, namely the Turag, Tongi, Balu and Buriganga.
Examining the economics of affordability through water diaries in Coastal Bangladesh
Monitoring affordability of drinking water services is constrained by data gaps from traditional approaches that rely on cross-sectional data from infrequent, nationally representative surveys. This research present findings from an 18-week water diary study that documented daily water choices and expenditures of a stratified sample of 120 households in coastal Bangladesh.
Modelling heavy metals in the Buriganga River System, Dhaka, Bangladesh: Impacts of tannery pollution control
The industry intensive capital area of Bangladesh is impacted with high levels of metals pollution in rivers in the Greater Dhaka Watershed. This research assesses pollution in the Buriganga river system using river sampling as well as simulating metals using the INCA model.
Have coastal embankments reduced flooding in Bangladesh?
This paper analyses floods during the years 1988–2012 in South Western Bangladesh, diagnosing whether the floods were attributable to monsoonal precipitation, high upstream river discharge into the tidal delta, or cyclone-induced storm surges.
A social-ecological analysis of drinking water risks in coastal Bangladesh
Groundwater resources in deltaic regions are vulnerable to contamination by saline seawater, posing significant crisis for drinking water. In this paper, the authors use a social-ecological systems approach to evaluate the risks to drinking water security in one of 139 polders in coastal Bangladesh.
