Assessment of the Impact and Management of Flood
Imperial Journal of Interdisciplinary Research (IJIR) Vol-3, Issue-4, 2017 ISSN: 2454-1362, http://www.onlinejournal.in Assessment of the Impact and Management of Flood, Drought and River Bank Erosion: A Case Study of Char Land Peoples of Gangachara Upazila, Rangpur District, Bangladesh Shakibul Islam Lecturer, Department of Disaster Management, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, Bangladesh Abstract: Bangladesh, due to its geo-physical for the improvement this community in terms of position and socio-economic context, is highly these events. prone to regular natural hazards and the impacts of climate change. Environmental impacts on Key Words: Climate change, Flood, Drought, agriculture damage a large quantity of crop River Bank Erosion, Adaptation, Vulnerability. production. The damages become severe in river side char areas, because these areas are very 1. INTRODUCTION vulnerable to flood and riverbank erosion during monsoon and very arid condition during dry Bangladesh experiences several natural hazards season. Riverine char lands, among other each year owing to its geological location, ecosystems of the country, are considered as topography, weather and climate. Recurrent hotspots for climatic hazards. An integrated flooding, drought, cyclones, river bank erosions, approach which combines traditional knowledge earthquakes, etc. are very common in this country with innovative strategies has been adopted to (Ali, 1996). Third world countries like Bangladesh address current vulnerability while building are the most frequent victims of natural disasters, adaptive capacity to face new and dynamic many of which have a major negative impact on the challenges. The process involves four inter-related society (Torry et al., 1979). Peoples of Bangladesh strategies: promotion of climate-resilient livelihood are directly or indirectly affected by natural strategies, disaster risk reduction strategies, extreme events.
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