Options for Flood Risk and Damage Reduction in Bangladesh

Contents: Preface. Overview of keynote papers: 1. An overview of the impact of floods in Bangladesh and options for mitigation/A.N.H. Akhtar Hossain. 2. Flood disaster management and risk reduction in Bangladesh/Muhammad Saidur Rahman. 3. The Impact of floods on the economy of Bangladesh/Wahiduddin Mahmud. Key note papers: 1. The impact of floods on Bangladesh and options for mitigation: an overview/A.N.H. Akhtar Hossain. 2. Flood disaster management and risk reduction in Bangladesh/Muhammad Saidur Rahman. 3. The Impact of floods on the economy of Bangladesh/Wahiduddin Mahmud. Papers of working group I: 4. Flood forecasting, warning and response system/Md. Salim Bhuiyan. 5. Weather forecasting for flood disaster mitigation/Md. Akram Hossain. 6. The use of information and communication technology (ICT) in flood management/Emaduddin Ahmad, S.M. Mahbubur Rahman and Jalaluddin Md. Abdul Hye. 7. Flood disaster management in Dhaka city/Muhammad Abul Hasnat. 8. Flood disaster management in the affected areas/Md. Saeedur Rahman. 9. The application of remote sensing and GIS in flood mapping/Abdul Halim Howlader and A.Z. Md. Zahedul Islam. 10. Flood disaster management/Ministry of Food and Disaster Management. 11. Emergency food storage and supplies/Ilahi Dad Khan. 12. Regional cooperation in flood management/Tauhidul Anwar Khan. 13. The impact of floods on flood control and drainage infrastructures and mitigation measures/Giasuddin Ahmed Choudhury. 14. Guidelines on flood disaster management/Armed Forces Division. 15. BRAC's experience in flood disaster management/Nasima Akter. Papers of working Group 2: 16. The impact of floods on railways and mitigation options/Yousuf Ali Mridha and Syed Kamrul Hassan. 17. The impact of floods on major highways and mitigation options/A.K.M. Faizur Rahman. 18. The impact of floods on rural roads and proposed mitigation options/Md. Shahidul Hassan. 19. The impact of floods on air transport and mitigation options/M. Obaidur Rahman. 20. The impact of floods on waterways and mitigation options/N.C. Sarker. 21. The impact of floods on urban transportation and mitigation options/Ashraful Alam Sarkar and A.T.M. Helaluddin Nagari. Papers of working group 3: 22. Floods, 2004 and the industries of Bangladesh/Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry. 23. The impact of floods on agriculture and mitigation options/Md. Tariq Hassan and Md. Wasiuzzaman Akand. 24. Options for flood risks and damage reduction in the fisheries sector/Md. Giasuddin Khan and Syed Arif Azad. 25. The impact of floods in livestock and mitigation options by the Department of Livestock Services/Md. Abul Kalam. 26. The impact of floods on dairy farming and mitigation options/Mohammad Younus Miah. 27. The impact of floods on the garments industry and mitigation options/Research Cell, BGMEA. Papers of working group 4: 28. The impact of floods on Dhaka city's water supply, sanitation and drainage and mitigation options/A.N.H. Akhtar Hossain, Kazi Ali Azam and Md. Serajuddin. 29. The impact of floods on rural water supply and sanitation and mitigation options/Amanullah-al-Mahmood. 30. The impact of floods on the environment and mitigation options/Khan M. Ibrahim Hossain and Mostafa Kamal Farooque. 31. Global climate change and floods in Bangladesh: mitigation options/Mahfuzul Haque. 32. Mitigating the impact of floods on cities through land use planning/K.M. Maniruzzaman. 33. The impact of floods on forest resources and mitigation options/M. Anwarul Islam. 34. The impact of floods on housing and flood shelters and mitigation options by the PWD/A.F.M. Manzurul Islam. 35. The impact of floods and national housing policy/A.T.M. Ataur Rahman. 36. The implications of floods for Dhaka city planning/Md. Shahid Alam. Papers of working group 5: 37. The impact of floods on primary education and mitigation options/Aslam Alam. 38. The impact of floods on health and hygiene in rural and urban areas and mitigation options/Md. Mizanur Rahman, A.…