Research Project on Disaster Prevention/Mitigation Measures against Floods and Storm Surges in Bangladesh
Prof./ Director
Md. Munsur Rahman
People's Republic of Bangladesh
Kyoto University / The University of Tokyo / Kochi University
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), etc.
FY 2013
5 Years
Investigate measures using Japanese science and technology to prevent or mitigate flood and storm surge damage
Bangladesh suffers significant damage due to flooding and storm surges, and this exacerbates poverty, further reducing the ability to counter such damage and generating a downward spiral. Preventing and mitigating damage is an urgent task. This project is attempting to produce flood and storm surge hazard maps, to propose measures to reduce damage from riverbank erosion and levee collapse, to develop warning and evacuation systems, and to work on predicting and taking action against flood-driven dispersal of harmful substances. The aim is to construct resilient local communities.
Learn resilience and disaster prevention to escape from the spiral of disaster and poverty
Progress in this project will enable the authorities to incorporate scientifically grounded recommendations into their measures and plans. It is hoped that enhancing local ability to survey, analyze, and predict flood and storm surge damage will result in communities with local disaster prevention capabilities that are resilient to disasters. That would make it possible to break the disaster-poverty spiral.
Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
Department of International Affairs
SATREPS Group
TEL : +81-3-5214-8085
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