The coastal region of Bangladesh comprises of about 30% of the country's cultivable land. About 1.0 million ha of these coastal fields are affected by varying degrees of salinity. Farmers grow mostly low-yielding, ...

Rivers have been the major sources of fish production, livelihood resources, biodiversity, etc., in Bangladesh from time immemorial. Siltation is one of the major problems in the river system of Bangladesh. The River ...

Urban flooding is a frequent disaster during monsoon period (June-October), hindering the daily lives of city dwellers, especially of slum dwellers. This study assessed the urban flooding extent and its impact on the lives ...

Over-reliance on groundwater in the northwest region (NW) of Bangladesh is causing a drawdown of the water table and creating tremendous pressure on food security. In many parts of the region, this drawdown has raised ...

In Bangladesh, salinity in coastal aquifer is a common problem which is expected to be exacerbated by climate change and sea-level rise. At present, salinity intrusion due to reduction of freshwater flow from upstream, ...

Marginalization possesses a political dimension as it is intricately connected to feelings of powerlessness, helplessness, and exclusion, wherein individuals on the margins are deprived of the ability to exert control over ...

The Ganges Kobadak irrigation project is a significant and substantial initiative that is currently experiencing an irrigation insufficiency due to a deficit in water supply from the Ganges River. As a result, the contribution ...

Threshold-based index approaches are highly successful in differentiating between water and non-water components in optical satellite images. More importantly, water index offers a high level of precision in monitoring ...

Bangladesh is in a unique geographic location with the dominance of floodplains, low lands, proximity to the sea and overwhelming dependence on nature. Flood is a common phenomenon here as it is a riverine country and ...

Bangladesh is dominated by vast floodplains with its huge small and large water bodies called haor, baor, beels under wetland system. The water resources system having unique natural setting like intensive river network ...