The Bangladesh Cyclone Preparedness Program. A Vital Component of the Nation’s Multi-Hazard Early Warning System

Habib, Arjumand; Shahidullah, M; Ahmed, Dilder

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“…A Multipurpose Cyclone Shelter Programme was commissioned and the planning and design of new shelters were comprehensively studied by the government of Bangladesh, UNDP, the World Bank (Jia, 2012;Habib et al, 2012). This led to some 2000 multipurpose cyclone shelters being constructed.…”

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Enhancing resilience to coastal flooding from severe storms in the USA: international lessons

Lumbroso

Suckall

Nicholls

et al. 2017

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci.

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Abstract. Recent events in the USA have highlighted a lack of resilience in the coastal population to coastal flooding, especially amongst disadvantaged and isolated communities. Some low-income countries, such as Cuba and Bangladesh, have made significant progress towards transformed societies that are more resilient to the impacts of cyclones and coastal flooding. To understand how this has come about, a systematic review of the peer-reviewed and grey literature related to resilience of communities to coastal flooding was undertaken in both countries. In both Cuba and Bangladesh the trust between national and local authorities, community leaders and civil society is high. As a consequence evacuation warnings are generally followed and communities are well prepared. As a result over the past 25 years in Bangladesh the number of deaths directly related to cyclones and coastal flooding has decreased, despite an increase of almost 50 % in the number of people exposed to these hazards. In Cuba, over the course of eight hurricanes between 2003 and 2011, the normalized number of deaths related to cyclones and coastal floods was an order of magnitude less than in the USA. In low-income countries, warning systems and effective shelter/evacuation systems, combined with high levels of disaster risk-reduction education and social cohesion, coupled with trust between government authorities and vulnerable communities can help to increase resilience to coastal hazards and tropical cyclones. In the USA, transferable lessons include improving communication and the awareness of the risk posed by coastal surges, mainstreaming disaster risk reduction into the education system and building trusted community networks to help isolated and disadvantaged communities, and improve community resilience.

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Section: Cyclone Sheltersmentioning

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Enhancing resilience to coastal flooding from severe storms in the USA: international lessons

Lumbroso

Suckall

Nicholls

et al. 2017

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci.

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“…After the 1991 cyclone, which resulted in 140 000 fatalities, a Task Force on Cyclone Shelters was set up by the Planning Commission of Bangladesh. A Multipurpose Cyclone Shelter Programme was commissioned and the planning and design of new shelters were comprehensively studied by the government of Bangladesh, UNDP, the World Bank (Jia, 2012;Habib et al, 2012). This led to some 2000 multipurpose cyclone shelters being constructed.…”

Section: Cyclone Sheltersmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Recent events in the USA have highlighted a lack of resilience in the coastal population to coastal flooding, especially amongst disadvantaged and isolated communities. Some low-income countries, such as Cuba and Bangladesh, have made significant progress towards transformed societies that are more resilient to the impacts of cyclones and coastal flooding. To understand how this has come about, a systematic review of the peer-reviewed and grey literature related to resilience of communities to coastal flooding was undertaken in both countries. In both Cuba and Bangladesh the trust between national and local authorities, community leaders and civil society is high. As a consequence evacuation warnings are generally followed and communities are well prepared. As a result over the past 25 years in Bangladesh the number of deaths directly related to cyclones and coastal flooding has decreased, despite an increase of almost 50 % in the number of people exposed to these hazards. In Cuba, over the course of eight hurricanes between 2003 and 2011, the normalized number of deaths related to cyclones and coastal floods was an order of magnitude less than in the USA. In low-income countries, warning systems and effective shelter/evacuation systems, combined with high levels of disaster risk-reduction education and social cohesion, coupled with trust between government authorities and vulnerable communities can help to increase resilience to coastal hazards and tropical cyclones. In the USA, transferable lessons include improving communication and the awareness of the risk posed by coastal surges, mainstreaming disaster risk reduction into the education system and building trusted com-munity networks to help isolated and disadvantaged communities, and improve community resilience.

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“…Forecasting and warning systems for both floods and cyclones have been established in Bangladesh and India for several decades . Various authors (see Islam and Dhar 2000;Mirza et al 2003;Haque et al 2011;Habib et al 2012) have indicated that improvements in flood forecasting and warning have reduced the number of fatalities from these hazards in Bangladesh and India, despite the exposure to these hazards increasing (WMO 2013; Shankar 2013).…”

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Evidence review: options analysis for a regional climate change programme to deliver more effective climate services, early warning and disaster risk reduction

Geethalakshmi¹,

Prasad²,

Wade³

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Interface to Multi-Model Ensemble NWP models for forecasting purposes Research use with potential for development of tailored applications for users. Korea APCC Climate Change Projections Based on CMIP3 models used by IPCC in its Fourth Assessment global models. Presented as maps and country summaries. Country Level of capability * National Centre(s) Comments • Adaptation to climate change through Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) (RUM, 2012) Rapidly changing situation with large numbers of donor projects. Requires coordination as well as general capacity building and improvements in observations and communication networks.

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The Bangladesh Cyclone Preparedness Program. A Vital Component of the Nation’s Multi-Hazard Early Warning System

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