Building resilience in Asian mega-deltas

FKS Chan, A Paszkowski, Z Wang, X Lu… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2024‏ - nature.com
The five Asian mega-deltas (the Yangtze, the Pearl, the Chao Phraya, the Mekong and the
Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna deltas) are home to approximately 80% of the global deltaic …

A framework to assess remote sensing algorithms for satellite-based flood index insurance

M Thomas, E Tellman, DE Osgood… - IEEE Journal of …, 2023‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Remotely sensed data have the potential to monitor natural hazards and their
consequences on socioeconomic systems. However, in much of the world, inadequate …

Multi-hazard could exacerbate in coastal Bangladesh in the context of climate change

M Rahman, T Shufeng, MSH Tumon… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Floods and landslides have cascading effects on coastal areas of Bangladesh. This study
aims to develop multi-hazard maps (eg, floods and landslides) for the coastal region, by …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing multi-climate-hazard threat in the coastal region of Bangladesh by combining influential environmental and anthropogenic factors

S Murshed, AL Griffin, MA Islam, XH Wang… - Progress in Disaster …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
This study developed a geo-spatial framework for assessing multi-hazard threat on the
Bangladesh coast, integrating environmental hazards (EH), geo-environmental attributes …

Evaluating flood hazards in data-sparse coastal lowlands: highlighting the Ayeyarwady Delta (Myanmar)

K Seeger, A Peffeköver, PSJ Minderhoud… - Environmental …, 2024‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Coastal lowlands and river deltas worldwide are increasingly exposed to coastal, pluvial
and fluvial flooding as well as relative sea-level rise (RSLR). However, information about …

Tidal variation and flow dynamics in Indian Sundarban based on field observation and numerical models

S Paul, CS Das, S Chaudhuri - Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Sundarban is made up of a mesh of macrotidal estuarine systems that contain the world's
largest mangroves, the eco-geomorphic environment of which is heavily influenced by tidal …

Bangladesh: climate change issues, mitigation, and adaptation in the water sector

SE Haque, N Nahar - ACS ES&T Water, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Wide-ranging impacts of a changing climate are already being documented in many parts of
Bangladesh, recognized globally as one of the most susceptible countries to the influences …

Flood inundation modelling in data-sparse flatlands: challenges and prospects

J Sanyal - Floods in the Ganga–Brahmaputra–Meghna Delta, 2023‏ - Springer
In the last three decades, many sophisticated tools have been developed that can accurately
predict the dynamics of flooding. However, due to the paucity of adequate and immediate …

Sea level rise inducing tidal modulation along the coasts of Bengal delta

MJU Khan, F Durand, L Testut, Y Krien… - Continental Shelf …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
The Bengal delta, the largest delta on the Earth, is subject to a marked coastal flooding
hazard and associated with widespread vulnerability. The situation will expectedly …