Potential of Community Volunteers in Flood Early Warning Dissemination: A Case Study of Bangladesh

Flood early warning (FEW) is a vital component of disaster risk management and is particularly important for saving lives, developing a sustainable agro-based economy, economic stability, and the overall development of the people of Bangladesh as well as others. This study was conducted in a northern, flood-prone area of Bangladesh to investigate the potential of incorporating volunteers of the community to the Union Councils (UCs) to disseminate FEW alongside the top-down approach. Several studies have found that despite having a sophisticated flood forecasting technology, local communities are not reaping the benefits of it, as the existing dissemination system is inaccessible to most local people. Since risk communication takes place in a social context, this study investigated and thereby proposed that volunteerism, as a form of social capital or communal virtue, can potentially assist the community-based disaster management (CBDM) institutions in enhancing their capacity to reach the maximum population at times of flood risk. Therefore, it was confirmed that the trained volunteers need to be integrated into and endorsed by the national policy. In addition, this study also provides a number of recommendations connecting literature with policy documents of Bangladesh.

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The effectiveness of community-based early warning system of Kelud volcano eruption 2014

MATEC Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/matecconf/201822903015 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 229 ◽

pp. 03015

Author(s):

Eko Teguh Paripurno ◽

Arif Rianto Budi Nugroho

Keyword(s):

Early Warning ◽

Early Warning System ◽

Warning System ◽

Active Volcano ◽

Community Based ◽

Volcano Eruption ◽

The People ◽

Resilience Process ◽

Prone Area ◽

Participatory Research Methods

Kelud Volcano is an active volcano in Indonesia. About 150 million meter cubic has erupted on 13 February 2013 at 22.30. People were successfully responded to the most significant eruption in history without any fatalities, by doing less than 2 hours evacuation, from 21.15 to 22.50. This research was conducted to show the success of the community in building the resilience process by applying a good system of community-based early warning. The study was conducted through documentary review and field assessment with participatory research methods, including mapping, transects, and historical studies. The result of research show that the community has four aspects of early warning system has been successfully fulfilled by communities. Those four aspects are (1) Knowledge of risk; (2) Monitoring and warning service; (3) Dissemination and communication; (4) Ability of the people to respond. Systematic data collection and risk assessment, with its pattern and tendency factors, ensured that disaster and vulnerability are well-known. Monitoring parameter to create accurate and timely pre-estimation has been ensured by disaster monitoring and early warning service. Communicating information and early warning ensured that the warning could be received by everyone that affected by disaster, risk, and its warning can be understood and useful. Establishing the people’s responsibility to ensure the response must be renewed, ability and local knowledge can be utilized, and people are ready to response warning. Simulation and training activities were implemented by the people within the disaster-prone area. Finally, the powerfulness of community preparedness can manage the tremendous level of a volcano eruption.

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COMMUNITY-BASED FLOOD VULNERABILITY AND ADAPTATION ASSESSMENT: A CASE STUDY FROM BANGLADESH

Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management ◽

10.1142/s1464333213500105 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 15 (03) ◽

pp. 1350010 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

MD ABOUL FAZAL YOUNUS ◽

NICK HARVEY

Keyword(s):

Community Based ◽

Intergovernmental Panel ◽

Flood Vulnerability ◽

Weighted Matrix ◽

Prone Area ◽

Assessment Guidelines ◽

Flood Prone Area ◽

Index Value ◽

The Ganges

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (2007, 2012:11) warned that the mega deltas in South Asia (e.g. the Ganges Brahmaputra Meghna River Basin) will be at great risk due to increased flooding, and the region's poverty would reduce the capacity of the inhabitants to adapt to change. This paper provides a "bottom up" impact approach which focuses on a methodological contribution for assessment of vulnerability and adaptation (V & A) in a riverine flood-prone area, "Islampur" in Bangladesh, where various impact assessment guidelines have been taken into consideration. In this study the evaluation of V & A assessments at community level has been accomplished mainly by a weighted matrix index value derived from two participatory rapid appraisals (PRAs). Based on the distribution pattern of various weighted value indices of V & A issues, the required adaptation techniques can be adopted for immediate policy-making, and appropriate actions should be undertaken through establishing community-based adaptation committees (CBAC).

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Flood-prone area mapping using machine learning techniques: a case study of Quang Binh province, Vietnam

Natural Hazards ◽

10.1007/s11069-021-04821-7 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Chinh Luu ◽

Quynh Duy Bui ◽

Romulus Costache ◽

Luan Thanh Nguyen ◽

Thu Thuy Nguyen ◽

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Keyword(s):

Machine Learning ◽

Machine Learning Techniques ◽

Learning Techniques ◽

Prone Area ◽

Flood Prone Area

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Spatio-temporal rainfall trend and homogeneity analysis in flood prone area: case study of Odaw river basin-Ghana

SN Applied Sciences ◽

10.1007/s42452-020-03924-3 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2 (12) ◽

Author(s):

Edward Kofi Ackom ◽

Kwaku Amaning Adjei ◽

Samuel Nii Odai

Keyword(s):

River Basin ◽

Rainfall Trend ◽

Homogeneity Analysis ◽

Prone Area ◽

Spatio Temporal ◽

Flood Prone Area

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PARK-PEOPLE CONFLICT IN BANGLADESH: A CASE STUDY FROM CHUNATI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY AND DUDHPUKURIA-DHOPACHORI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY

International Journal of Advanced Research ◽

10.21474/ijar01/12357 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (01) ◽

pp. 778-792

Author(s):

Jime Roy ◽

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A.H.M. Raihan Sarker ◽

Keyword(s):

Wildlife Management ◽

Negative Attitude ◽

Household Survey ◽

Wildlife Sanctuary ◽

Community Based ◽

Conservation Program ◽

Community Based Conservation ◽

The People ◽

Straight Line

Conflict between people and wildlife is a foremost issue for conservation which is hard to solve when the wants of people collide in a straight line with the needs of endangered species like wild elephant. This study was carried out in the adjoining villages of two protected areas (PAs) of Chittagong region namely Dudupukuria-Dhopachori Wildlife Sanctuary (DDWS) and Chunati Wildlife Sanctuary (CWS) to identify the attitude of the villagers to the PAs by measuring different received benefits and faced problems from those reserves, the interaction between human and wild elephants and the opinions of the villagers to the effectiveness of community based wildlife management. The data were collected through a quantitative household survey which includes a series of close ended, fixed response and simple questions. Crop depredation was identified as a major problem to the villagers and they received small amount of benefits for the conservation program through protected area which create negative attitude among them to the PAs. Though most of the people were willing to participate in community based conservation program, they didnot think that such kind of approach is effective to protect biodiversity in the PAs. The present study makes the recommendation to build positive attitude to the PAs, to minimize the conflict, helps in future planning programs and further research of this field.

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Public Health Information Behavior at Flood-Prone Area in Bandung Regency: A Case Study in Baleendah Village, Andir Village, Bojongsoang Village and Dayeuh Kolot Village

10.31227/osf.io/y23en ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Nuning Kurniasih ◽

Sukaesih

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Health Center ◽

Health Information ◽

Information Behavior ◽

The Public ◽

Public Health Information ◽

Prone Area ◽

Flood Prone Area ◽

Village Midwife

This study aims to understand the public health information behavior in the vicinity of flood prone area by examining 1) The public health information behavior in identifying diseases that may occur because of a flood. 2) The information behavior in finding health information solution required for dealing with diseases that may occur because of a flood. 3) The public health information behavior in determining health information sources which is used. 4) The public health information behavior in making use of health information for diseases that may occur because of a flood. 5) The public health information behavior in making use of health institution to satisfy its information needs. 6) The public health information behavior in flood prone area. The method used in this research is qualitative method supported by Case Study approach. In this research, we analyze data obtained from Focus Group Discussion (FGD) conducted by 11 informants and in-depth interview with 20 interviewees that are competent with this research research for triangulation. The result of this research reveals that people living in the flood prone area vicinity in Baleendah Village, Andir Village, Dayeuh Kolot Village and Bojongsoang Village, Bandung Regency (1) identify the potential of a flood disease based on their experience and identification during a flood (2) search for health information solution required for overcoming disease potential because of a flood by asking directly to a doctor or health center staff or volunteers during a flood. For psychological problem, usually people consult with religious leader, although Social Agency provice service to overcome this problem. (3) The main information source used is one that is informed by the health center or village midwife. (4) People use health information to help healing process when they get sick during the disaster. Health information obtained when a flood does not happen is only for adding insights. (5) Health Agency through health center and village midwife are actively involved to give health counseling to the public on various occasions. Those five things influence The public health information behavior in the flood prone area.

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‘Eaten by the sea’: human rights claims for the impacts of climate change upon remote subnational communities

Journal of Human Rights and the Environment ◽

10.4337/jhre.2018.02.03 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 171-193

Author(s):

Miriam Cullen

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Human Rights ◽

National Policy ◽

Primary Case ◽

Nation States ◽

The People ◽

The Pacific ◽

Form Part ◽

Impacts Of Climate Change

The low-lying islands and atolls of the Pacific have been among the first places to experience the most severe impacts of anthropogenic climate change. Some of the affected islands are nation-states possessing the capacity to negotiate treaties and to directly participate in international forums such as the United Nations (UN). Others, however, are subnational jurisdictions, made up of people who live remote from the governing majority and yet are extremely vulnerable to national policy decisions, especially when it comes to climate change and its impacts. This article examines one potential avenue for redress for minority populations living in remote subnational jurisdictions where national policy on climate change arguably compromises their human rights: a communication to the UN Human Rights Committee (HRC). The article takes as its primary case study the people of the Torres Strait Islands, which form part of the state of Australia.

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Planning for Floods at the University of Iowa

Journal of Planning History ◽

10.1177/1538513216646131 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

pp. 50-73

Author(s):

Charles Connerly ◽

Lucie Laurian ◽

James Throgmorton

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Decision Making Process ◽

University Of Iowa ◽

Large Institution ◽

River Flood ◽

Prone Area ◽

Flood Prone Area ◽

The University ◽

Great Damage

Why does a large institution build in a flood-prone area and how does it respond when flooding causes great damage? This is a case study of a major flood event—the 2008 Iowa–Cedar River flood—and the University of Iowa, whose recovery is expected to cost about US$750 million. The case explores the factors that led a major institution to invest so much of its infrastructure into a flood-prone river shed and then describes and evaluates the decision-making process the University has undertaken with the goal of becoming a more sustainable and resilient campus.

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From the First Mile to Outer Space: Tamaani Satellite Internet in Northern Quebec

The Journal of Community Informatics ◽

10.15353/joci.v10i2.2725 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Rob McMahon ◽

Thomassie Mangiok

Keyword(s):

Outer Space ◽

Regional Government ◽

Rural And Remote ◽

Community Based ◽

Public And Private ◽

The People ◽

Digital Divides ◽

Private Sector Organizations ◽

Public And Private Sector

Across Canada, discrepancies of access to broadband exist between urban centres and rural and remote Aboriginal communities. Government, public and private sector organizations are partnering to address these digital divides. Some employ a ‘First Mile’ approach that foregrounds how community-based institutions are driving development. This article provides a First Mile case study from the Inuit territory of Nunavik. We describe the cultural, social and political contexts the people of Nunavik and their government navigated to establish broadband in the region’s 14 northern villages. The Kativik Regional Government is building and administering infrastructure that delivers public services and encourages economic development, balancing centralized efficiencies with the needs of residents in villages like Ivujivik.

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