Local People’s Responses to Flood Disasters in Flood Prone Areas of Northeast Bangladesh

In the flood prone areas of Bangladesh, local people have adapted to flooding. Essentially, properties are protected against flooding by constructing villages in the highlands on natural levees, while using lowlands as agricultural fields during the dry season. It remains to spread flood inundation condition and exempts the necessity of strengthening measures against flooding. This study aims to clarify the status of self, community, and public assistance for flood disasters in flood prone areas of Northeast Bangladesh based on a questionnaire survey. We extracted similarities and differences between local people’s flood responses by comparing our findings to those of a similar study on a 2006 flood in the Sendai River Basin, Japan. The effects of preventive flood mitigation measures such as selection of house location are quantitatively confirmed. Maximum inundation depth and duration for houses is approximately 10% less than that for agricultural fields. The study reveals that both areas have evacuation activities, although factors motivating evacuation differ.

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ROUTE PLANNING FOR CROWD MANAGEMENT IN DISASTER PRONE AREAS

PLANNING MALAYSIA JOURNAL ◽

10.21837/pm.v18i14.846 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 18 (14) ◽

Author(s):

Mohammad Zarif Mohd Zahari ◽

Nur Afiqah M. Zulkifli ◽

Muhammad Rijal Mohamad ◽

Oladeju Aliu Olabayonle ◽

Nur Athifah A. Kadir ◽

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Keyword(s):

Case Studies ◽

Large Volume ◽

Route Planning ◽

Mitigation Measures ◽

Movement Behaviour ◽

Crowd Management ◽

Interview Method ◽

Flood Disasters ◽

Cameron Highlands ◽

Similarities And Differences

Managing crowd is essential in a time of emergency because a large volume of movements or flow may be restricted or obstructed by the existing capacity. This paper centres around preparedness, actions were taken during the event and mitigation measures of flooding in two case studies. Hulu Langat and Cameron Highlands have similarities and differences in planning for, managing of and reviving from flood disasters. In particular, route planning is focused to extract the movement behaviour among people impacted by the calamity. This study employed an interview method which results have been synthesised to feed into the formulation of future strategies for access or movement facilities for victims of disasters.

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Economics of selection of flood mitigation measures

Coping with Floods ◽

10.1007/978-94-011-1098-3_35 ◽

1994 ◽

pp. 585-596 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

David A. Moser

Keyword(s):

Flood Mitigation ◽

Mitigation Measures ◽

Selection Of

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Bibliography of publications written by Alwyne (Wyn) Cooper Wheeler (1929–2005)

Archives of Natural History ◽

10.3366/e026095410800065x ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 36 (1) ◽

pp. 77-99 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

ANN DATTA

Keyword(s):

Fish Fauna ◽

Archaeological Sites ◽

Changing Environment ◽

Scientific Papers ◽

The Status ◽

Fish Remains ◽

Important Fish ◽

Selection Of

The bibliography brings together more than 250 scientific papers and books written by Alwyne (Wyn) Wheeler over fifty years, from 1955–2006. This chronological list shows that from the beginning his research followed three themes: taxonomy of historically important fish collections; identification and distribution of the British and European fish fauna ; the status of British fishes in a changing environment. Until the mid-point in Wyn's career he published regularly on the identification of fish remains in archaeological sites in Britain and Europe. Wyn also wrote under an alias, Allan Cooper, and these have been listed separately. The bibliography concludes with a selection of the regular columns he contributed to angling magazines.

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The Selection of Children's Books Translated from Spanish to Galician, Basque and Catalan (1940–80)

International Research in Children s Literature ◽

10.3366/e1755619809000726 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 243-258

Author(s):

Mónica Domínguez Pérez

Keyword(s):

Social Economic ◽

Children’S Literature ◽

Status Quo ◽

Intercultural Relations ◽

Children's Books ◽

Source Text ◽

The Status ◽

Castilian Spanish ◽

Different Levels ◽

Selection Of

This study deals with children's literature translated from Castilian Spanish into Galician, Basque and Catalan by a different publisher from that of the source text, between 1940 and 1980, and with the criteria used to choose books for translation during that period. It compares the different literatures within Spain and examines the intersystemic and intercultural relations that the translations reflect. Following the polysystems theory, literature is here conceived as a network of agents of different kinds: authors, publishers, readers, and literary models. Such a network, called a polysystem, is part of a larger social, economic, and cultural network. These extra-literary considerations play an important role in determining the selection of works to be translated. The article suggests that translations can be said to establish transcultural relations, and that they demonstrate different levels of power within a specific interliterary community. It concludes that, while translations may aim to change the pre-existent relationships, frequently they just reflect the status quo.

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Lot's Offer of his Daughters to his People in the Torah and the Qur'an: A Comparative Study in Two Parts (Part One)

Journal of Qur anic Studies ◽

10.3366/jqs.2016.0261 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 18 (3) ◽

pp. 161-224

Author(s):

ʿĀʾiḍ B. Sad Al-Dawsarī

Keyword(s):

Comparative Study ◽

Comparative Studies ◽

The Third ◽

The Past ◽

The Status ◽

Moral Problems ◽

Moral Dimensions ◽

Similarities And Differences

The story of Lot is one of many shared by the Qur'an and the Torah, and Lot's offer of his two daughters to his people is presented in a similar way in the two books. This article compares the status of Lot in the Qur'an and Torah, and explores the moral dimensions of his character, and what scholars of the two religions make of this story. The significance of the episodes in which Lot offers his daughters to his people lies in the similarities and differences of the accounts given in the two books and the fact that, in both the past and the present, this story has presented moral problems and criticism has been leveled at Lot. Context is crucial in understanding this story, and exploration of the ways in which Lot and his people are presented is also useful in terms of comparative studies of the two scriptures. This article is divided into three sections: the first explores the depiction of Lot in the two texts, the second explores his moral limitations, and the third discusses the interpretations of various exegetes and scholars of the two books. Although there are similarities between the Qur'anic and Talmudic accounts of this episode, it is read differently by scholars from the two religions because of the different contexts of the respective accounts.

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Through the Lens of Gadamerâ€™s Hermeneutics: In comparison between Amina Wadudâ€™s and Mohammed Talbiâ€™s Interpretations of Q. 4:34

SUHUF ◽

10.22548/shf.v9i2.155 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 193-214

Author(s):

Afifur Rochman Sya'rani

Keyword(s):

Gender Inequality ◽

Married Couple ◽

Contextual Approach ◽

The Status ◽

Similarities And Differences ◽

The Difference ◽

Muslim Scholars ◽

The Way

Most of traditional Muslim exegetes interpret Q. 4:34 in terms of maintaining the superiority of men over women. Some progressive Muslim scholars then insist a contextual approach to the verse to criticize gender inequality. Among some progressive Muslim scholars, this article comparatively examines the interpretations of Amina Wadud and Mohammed Talbi of Q. 4:34. Although both of them propose a contextual reading of the verse, they have different intellectual background, approach and method in interpreting the Qurâ€™Än. The questions are to what extent the similarities and differences of both Wadudâ€™s and Talbiâ€™s interpretation of Q. 4:34 and how far their interpretations reflect their respective intention and perspective? Applying Gadamerâ€™s hermeneutical approach, the article concludes that [1] Both Wadud and Talbi argue that the verse does not establish the superiority of men over women, but acknowledges duties division among married couple; [2] the difference among their interpretations is on the status of relationship among married couple; [3] Wadudâ€™s and Talbiâ€™s interpretations represent their respective hermeneutical situations and the way they define ontologically the nature of interpretation and Qurâ€™anic hermeneutics affect on producing the meanings of the verse.

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FLOOD-INUNDATION AND FLOOD-MITIGATION MODELING OF THE WEST BRANCH WAPSINONOC CREEK WATERSHED IN WEST BRANCH, IOWA

10.1130/abs/2018nc-311993 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Charlie Cigrand ◽

Keyword(s):

Flood Mitigation ◽

Flood Inundation ◽

The West ◽

Creek Watershed

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A Conflict between Traditional Flood Measures and Maintaining River Ecosystems? A Case Study Based upon the River Lærdal, Norway

Water ◽

10.3390/w13141884 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (14) ◽

pp. 1884

Author(s):

Ana Juárez ◽

Knut Alfredsen ◽

Morten Stickler ◽

Ana Adeva-Bustos ◽

Rodrigo Suárez ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Remote Sensing Data ◽

Freshwater Ecosystems ◽

River Channel ◽

Flood Mitigation ◽

Mitigation Measures ◽

Flood Events ◽

Protection Measures ◽

River Ecosystems ◽

Hydraulic Models

Floods are among the most damaging of natural disasters, and flood events are expected to increase in magnitude and frequency with the effects of climate change and changes in land use. As a consequence, much focus has been placed on the engineering of structural flood mitigation measures in rivers. Traditional flood protection measures, such as levees and dredging of the river channel, threaten floodplains and river ecosystems, but during the last decade, sustainable reconciliation of freshwater ecosystems has increased. However, we still find many areas where these traditional measures are proposed, and it is challenging to find tools for evaluation of different measures and quantification of the possible impacts. In this paper, we focus on the river Lærdal in Norway to (i) present the dilemma between traditional flood measures and maintaining river ecosystems and (ii) quantify the efficiency and impact of different solutions based on 2D hydraulic models, remote sensing data, economics, and landscape metrics. Our results show that flood measures may be in serious conflict with environmental protection and legislation to preserve biodiversity and key nature types.

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Flood Inundation Assessment in the Low-Lying River Basin Considering Extreme Rainfall Impacts and Topographic Vulnerability

Water ◽

10.3390/w13070896 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (7) ◽

pp. 896

Author(s):

Thanh Thu Nguyen ◽

Makoto Nakatsugawa ◽

Tomohito J. Yamada ◽

Tsuyoshi Hoshino

Keyword(s):

River Basin ◽

Extreme Rainfall ◽

Flood Damage ◽

Water Levels ◽

Flood Inundation ◽

Inundation Area ◽

Inundation Depth ◽

Study Results ◽

Inundation Duration ◽

Short Time

This study aims to evaluate the change in flood inundation in the Chitose River basin (CRB), a tributary of the Ishikari River, considering the extreme rainfall impacts and topographic vulnerability. The changing impacts were assessed using a large-ensemble rainfall dataset with a high resolution of 5 km (d4PDF) as input data for the rainfall–runoff–inundation (RRI) model. Additionally, the prediction of time differences between the peak discharge in the Chitose River and peak water levels at the confluence point intersecting the Ishikari River were improved compared to the previous study. Results indicate that due to climatic changes, extreme river floods are expected to increase by 21–24% in the Ishikari River basin (IRB), while flood inundation is expected to be severe and higher in the CRB, with increases of 24.5, 46.5, and 13.8% for the inundation area, inundation volume, and peak inundation depth, respectively. Flood inundation is likely to occur in the CRB downstream area with a frequency of 90–100%. Additionally, the inundation duration is expected to increase by 5–10 h here. Moreover, the short time difference (0–10 h) is predicted to increase significantly in the CRB. This study provides useful information for policymakers to mitigate flood damage in vulnerable areas.

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