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Hardcover. Condition: New. Contents: Preface. 1. Flood '98: losses and damages/Quamrul Islam Siddique and Md. Monowar Hossain Chowdhury. 2. Management of relief and rehabilitation: a focus on the scenario of flood 1998/Durgadas Bhattacharjee. 3. Flood '98: relief, rehabilitation and management/Zinatunnesa R.M.M. Khuda and Khondakar Nizamuddin. 4. Flood '98 and the future of urban settlements in Bangladesh/Nazrul Islam. 5. Review of causes and dimensions of floods with particular reference to flood '98: national perspectives/Ahsan Uddin Ahmed and M. Monirul Qader Mirza. 6. Flood management in Bangladesh: issues and prospectsGBM regional perspectives/Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad and K.B. Sajjadur Rasheed. 7. Flood '98: oceanic perspective/A.M. Choudhury. 8. Controlling the flood waters: what are the options for Bangladesh?/M. Amir-Ul Islam. Appendices: 1. Opening statement by Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad. 2. Address of welcome by A.K. Azad Chowdhury. "Floods are a recurring phenomenon in Bangladesh, and they occur in varying magnitudes almost every year. The catastrophic flood of 1998 was the worst in living memory both in terms of area affected and its duration. "This book is the outcome of a seminar on Flood '98, held in Dhaka in December 1998. Papers presented in this volume are by leading professionals who are experts on the geographical, environmental, engineering, economic and legal aspects of flood and natural disasters. They analyse the internal, regional and oceanic causes of Flood '98; assess the damages to both the urban and rural populations, to crops, livestock, infrastructure and other individual and societal assets. The authors have sought to suggest ways to possible solutions of the flood problem in terms of management of floods in the future through a planned national effort. More importantly the authors emphasize on integrating national efforts with a regional cooperation network involving the upper riparians." (jacket) [Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad is Chairman, Bangladesh Unnayan Parishad, Dhaka. A.K. Azad Chowdhury is Vice-Chancellor, University of Dhaka, Dhaka.].