The state of multi-purpose cyclone shelters in Bangladesh

Mahmood, Muhammad Nateque; Dhakal, Subas P; Keast, Robyn

doi:10.1108/f-10-2012-0082

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“…Amin et al (2016) investigated access to shelters, sanitation system and facilities for female. Few studies discussed only the management system of the existing CSs (Nateque Mahmood et al , 2014). Existing knowledge on the limitations of the shelter and sustainable improvement is very limited.…”

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“…However, many studies are available on the impacts of disasters and the construction of cyclone shelters (CSs) as a disaster management (DM) hub in coastal Bangladesh. Few researchers investigated the general uses of shelter, tsunami vulnerability of shelters, and only management issues (Hyder, 2009; Nateque Mahmood et al , 2014; Miyaji et al , 2017). Moreover, no attention has been paid to community-based sustainable improvement including structural and soft facilities of CS as a bottom-up approach.…”

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Cyclone shelters need sustainable development

Shahin

Billah

Islam

et al. 2020

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Purpose The coastal zone of Bangladesh that is in the front line of the battle against climate change faced over 200 natural disasters in the past 40 years, and most of the disasters were cyclones. The inevitable cyclone shelter (CS), the backbone of disaster management (DM), provides short-term safety for the disaster victims in Bangladesh. This study aims to explore the community-based limitations and sustainable development features of CSs including the gender issues. Design/methodology/approach A questionnaire survey was carried out among 230 community people to identify the requirements and sustainable development features of CSs. A field visit was carried out in 23 CSs to capture its existing facilities. Key informant interviews were conducted in the office of Upazila Engineers to strengthen survey data. Findings This research found that the plan of CSs, quality of construction, capacity, facilities, entrance and exit, space allocation, management and policy were not capable enough to fulfill the needs and requirements of the community people. Due to lack of separate facilities, women and girls avoided shelters for fear of sexual and mental harassment in CSs, as they had experiences in the earlier events of cyclones. Insufficient facilities discourage community from using the shelters. Research limitations/implications Women and girls were shy to share their experience in CSs. The historical data were limited in the study area. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this research presents the actual community-based outcome. During CCRIP training program, the authors met 3,625 community people, and participatory discussions were made to explore the participants’ experiences and perceptions about the sustainable development of CSs. Practical implications South-Asian coastal zones are prone to natural, quasi-natural hazard and disasters, where shelters are required for protecting lives of community people during such disasters such as cyclones, storm surges, and floods. Therefore, this study can help in making sustainable development decisions in terms of constructing shelters in disaster-prone countries like Bangladesh. Social implications The outcomes of this investigation are useful for uplifting psychosocial status to protect lives during disasters such as cyclones, storm surges and floods and increase accessibility to shelters, and users will consider CSs as a social asset. In turn, the acceptability of CSs into community level are expected to be increased for combating against cyclones, storm surges, and floods. Originality/value This study introduces the bottom-up approach that refers to the community-based decision-making to identify the limitations and sustainable improvement of CSs. This research contributes to bridging the gaps between decision-makers and users of CSs. From the authors’ field experience, it can be said that this is the first fieldwork regarding the objectives.

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Cyclone shelters need sustainable development

Shahin

Billah

Islam

et al. 2020

IJDRBE

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“…And factors such as population density, size of female population, percentage of population with disability, literacy rate and number of cyclone shelters and healthcare facilities available may be considered as few of the important indicators of the vulnerability to cyclones (e.g., Bern et al, 1993;Chowdhury et al, 1993;Cutter and Finch, 2008;Tapsell et al, 2010;Flanagan et al, 2011;Bethel et al, 2011;Mahmood et al, 2014;Ronoh, et al, 2015;Tenerelli el al., 2015;Alam et al, 2018;Ahmad and Kelman, 2018;Faruk et al, 2018;Fussell et al, 2018).…”

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“…There are about 2500 cyclone shelters along the coast of Bangladesh constructed as a safety facility for the coastal population following the deadliest cyclone of 1970 (Faruk et al, 2018). These shelters have proved to be an effective mitigation strategy against the high speed winds, extreme rainfall and storm surges; however, the distribution of these shelters is not uniform and about nine percent of these facilities are not usable (Mahmood et al, 2014). As of 2011 there are 443 cyclone shelters in the Cox's Bazar district with maximum number in Chakaria (130) and least in Pekua and Ramu with 13 in each (Fig.…”

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Cyclone risk assessment of the Cox’s Bazar district and Rohingya refugee camps in southeast Bangladesh

Alam

Sammonds

Ahmed

2020

Science of The Total Environment

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Bangladesh has a long history of devastating tropical cyclones. In view of the effects of the storms on the country, risk assessment is essential for devising the mitigation strategies at various levels. 2 By way of bringing the conceptual structure of general risk model in practice, this work aims to examine the spatial patterns of cyclone risk in the Cox's Bazar district (I) and Rohingya refugee camps (II) located on the southeastern coast of Bangladesh. We use 14 parameters representing the hazard, exposure, and vulnerability as the components of risk. The selected parameters were analyzed and integrated though the complementary use of Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Geographic Information System (GIS) for depicting the cyclone risk situation comprehensively at both the spatial scales. The status of the cyclone risk was identified and quantified as very high (6.84%, 3.43%), high (45.78%, 27.82%), moderate (5.97%, 39.42%), low (40.62%, 28.70%), and very low (0.81%, 0.61%) for the spatial scale I and II respectively. In general, northwestern and southern peripheral areas exhibited higher risk than the central and northeastern parts of the Cox's Bazar district; and in the refugee settlements, camp number 1E, 1W, 7, and 13 revealed relative ly higher levels of the risk. The results of the assessment (I) were correlated with experiential damage from the 1991 cyclone; a reasonable consistency was noticed between the simulated scenario and the observed impacts. We assume that the deliverables of this spatial analysis could be useful to stakeholders while formulating the cyclone risk mitigation policies for the region. Furthermore, this work demonstrates that the applied method would deliver reliable results if tested in other coastal environments.

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“…Cyclone shelters play an important role during the evacuation. It has been estimated that around 1.5 million people have been evacuated by CPP (Cyclone Preparedness) volunteers to the multi-purpose cyclone shelters (MPCS) when Cyclone Sidr hit the coastal parts ofBangladesh in 2007(Nateque Mahmood, Prasad Dhakal, & Keast, 2014Bimal Kanti Paul, 2009b). Before the destructive cyclone of 2007, Bangladesh had only 1500…”

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Cyclone Evacuation Route Identification Using GIS for Coastal Communities in Mirzaganj Union, Patuakhali, Bangladesh

Billah¹,

Sarker²,

Ansary³

2018

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Evacuation is the primary and most important preparedness initiative to save people from the devastating effects of a cyclone. For proper evacuation, a route is specifically chosen that will play a role during cyclones. In this study, Geographic information system has been applied for evacuation route planning for Mirzaganj Union, Patuakhali, Bangladesh. The study is based on questionnaire surveys; direct observation and literature review on the existing sheltering system and develops an evacuation route using the shortest distance analysis. This study provides us an idea how we can manage our population to find out suitable nearby shelters and the limitations that we should focused on. The result shows that only 12% of the total population gets shelter opportunity with the existing official shelter capacity by identifying evacuation route with the shortest distance and the shortest time needed. Shortest distance and time have been calculated for each cyclone shelters. If we consider the low vulnerable infrastructures as shelter, 75% of the total population can be accommodated. This study demonstrates the utilization of an ideal evacuation route planning in the coastal parts of Bangladesh.

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The state of multi-purpose cyclone shelters in Bangladesh

Cited by 14 publications

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Cyclone shelters need sustainable development

Cyclone shelters need sustainable development

Cyclone risk assessment of the Cox’s Bazar district and Rohingya refugee camps in southeast Bangladesh

Cyclone Evacuation Route Identification Using GIS for Coastal Communities in Mirzaganj Union, Patuakhali, Bangladesh

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