Overview

Presenting first-hand longitudinal research on the riverine hazards in Bangladesh, this interdisciplinary text addresses the profound significance of the societal aspects and human-geographical dimensions of natural disasters. The characteristics and nature of responses to floods and riverbank-erosion hazards are examined, as well as the assessment of their impact. The book argues that disaster impacts are caused as much by social, economic, political and cultural factors as they are by the fickle physical environment of the quaternary alluvial flood-plains, and that massive physical-structural intervention in event controlling could become ineffective. A new approach is offered which considers the ecological sensitivity and dynamics of the Ganges-Brahmaputra deltaic system, and the related socio-cultural adaptations of people to these riverine events. Intended for research scientists and students of geography, anthropology, ecology and environmental, population and development studies, the book is also aimed at professionals specializing in natural and anthropogenic disasters.

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Author:   C.E. Haque
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   1997 ed.
Volume:   10
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.860kg
ISBN:  

9780792348696

ISBN 10:   0792348699
Pages:   381
Publication Date:   31 December 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

One Natural Hazards and Human Perspectives.- 1 Hazardous Environment and Disastrous Impact: The Challenge of Understanding and Responding.- 2 Natural Disasters-Induced Displacement: An Overview of An Emergent Crisis.- 3 Human Coping Responses to Natural Hazards: A Survey and Critique of Approaches.- Two Riverine Hazards and Human Ecology: Bangladesh.- 4 Physical Dimensions of Riverine Hazards in the Bengal Basin: The Case of the Brahmaputra-Jamuna Floodplain.- 5 Social Class Formation and Vulnerability of the Population: A Historical Account of Human Occupance and Land Resource Management.- Three Riverbank Erosion Hazard in Serajganj District: Impacts and Responses.- 6 The Rural Study Design: The Characteristics of the Samples.- 7 Impacts of Riverbank Erosion Disaster: Understanding Differentials in Rural Socio-economic Characteristics.- 8 Coping Responses of Floodplain Users in Rural Kazipur.- 9 The Displaced Poor in Urban Environments: The Case of Squatters in Serajganj.- Four Emerging Policy Issues: Towards Sustainable Reduction of Disasters and Floodplain Development.- 10 Public Policy Issues: Water Management, Hazard Mitigation and Resettlement.- 11 Toward a Sustainable Floodplain Development Strategy.- Notes.- References.

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