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 …

[PDF][PDF] Gender and climate change: A closer look at existing evidence

G Gender, C Alliance - 2016 - wedo.org
Perceiving a gap in the resources available to individuals and organizations concerned
about the gendered experiences of climate change, GGCA commissioned this literature …

I will not go, I cannot go: cultural and social limitations of disaster preparedness in Asia, Africa, and Oceania

S Ayeb‐Karlsson, D Kniveton, T Cannon… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
While much work has been invested in addressing the economic and technical basis of
disaster preparedness, less effort has been directed towards understanding the cultural and …

[HTML][HTML] When the disaster strikes: Gendered (im) mobility in Bangladesh

S Ayeb-Karlsson - Climate Risk Management, 2020 - Elsevier
Gender influences people's behaviour in various ways. This study investigates gendered
(im) mobility during cyclone strikes in Bangladesh. During such strikes people have …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the effectiveness of existing early warning systems and emergency preparedness towards reducing cyclone-induced losses in the Sundarban …

M Sahana, PP Patel, S Rehman, MH Rahaman… - International journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Sundarban Biosphere Reserve (SBR) in India is highly vulnerable to cyclones
and tidal surges due to its geographical location and low-lying coastal morphology. This …

'I do not like her going to the shelter': stories on gendered disaster (im) mobility and wellbeing loss in coastal Bangladesh

S Ayeb-Karlsson - International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2020 - Elsevier
The literature body on cyclone strikes in Bangladesh suggests that people sometimes fail to
evacuate, and that more women than men have died in past disasters. People's reasoning …

Households' vulnerability assessment: empirical evidence from cyclone-prone area of Bangladesh

MM Rahman, MSI Arif, MT Hossain, H Almohamad… - Geoscience …, 2023 - Springer
Despite Bangladesh being vulnerable to cyclones, there is a dearth of research on cyclone
vulnerability assessment. Assessing a household's vulnerability is considered a crucial step …

Coastal dilemma: climate change, public assistance and population displacement

S Dasgupta, D Wheeler, S Bandyopadhyay, S Ghosh… - World Development, 2022 - Elsevier
Linkages among climate change–related environmental stress, public assistance, and the
spatial pattern of population change are assessed for neighboring coastal areas of India and …

Promise, premise, and reality: the case of voluntary environmental non-migration despite climate risks in coastal Bangladesh

MN Ahsan, F Khatun, P Kumar, R Dasgupta… - Regional Environmental …, 2022 - Springer
Despite confronting severe climatic risks, many people prefer to remain in climate hazard-
prone areas rather than migrate. Environmental non-migration behavior, however, has …

Tropical cyclone risk perception and risk reduction analysis for coastal Bangladesh: Household and expert perspectives

MA Sattar, KKW Cheung - International journal of disaster risk reduction, 2019 - Elsevier
Risk assessment as well as risk perceptions play a vital role in disaster risk reduction
through formulating and implementing disaster risk reduction (DRR) policies and …