Impacts of Cyclone on Coastal Livelihood: A Case Study on Saronkhola Upazila, Bangladesh

Bangladesh is the most natural hazard and disaster prone country in the world. Because of her geographical location and her tropical Monsoon climate it experiences different types of natural hazards. So every year natural hazard and disaster like flood, cyclone, tornado, storm surge, drought, earthquake etc occurred in Bangladesh. This research report is illustrated by the cyclonic impact pictures obtained from 1970 to 2007 Saronkhola Upazila in Bagerhat District. In the case of cyclone, impact estimation is made by the collections of data from various primary and secondary published sources. This research able to gather the impact of cyclone on coastal livelihood. I hope that this research report would take place in the minds of readers specially next like this report maker, because it able represent an elongated framework on cyclonic impact on coastal livelihood which was not available in previous reports, books and academic articles and published sources. This report able to represent broad impact information of Cyclone on coastal Livelihood of Saronkhola upazila in Bagerhat district.

Mohammad Zahirul Islam is a M.S. student of Dept. of Geography and Environment at Jahangirnagar University. His research Interests are land use change and climate change. Sharif Mamun is a M.S. student of Geography and Environment Department at Jahangirnagar University. His research interest is disaster management.