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Assessment of change in a selected wetland ecosystem and its impacts on local livelihoods

Maniruzzaman (Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), 2010-03)

Baril beel, located in Fulbaria Upazila of Mymensingh district, is a complex wetland ecosystem containing a cluster of 15 water bodies including two rivers. The catchment area of this beel is 376 ha. Wetland ecosystem of ...
Trends in climatic variables and their combined effects on irrigation water requirement and yield of wheat

Madhu, Malay Krishna (Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), 2012-01)

Wheat is the second most important staple food crop in Bangladesh. Within a period of 40 years, wheat has been firmly established as a secure crop. At present climate change is thought to be putting an extra stress on ...
Exploring gender vulnerability and adaptive capacity to climate change associated extremes

Mahin Al Nahian (Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), 2013-06)

The study tried to assess vulnerability and adaptation necessity from gender dimension of climate change adversity. The study has been carried out in cyclone Aila affected Gabura union of Shyamnagar upazila of Satkhira. ...
Delineating suitable aquifers for agricultural and drinking water supply in Southwest coastal area

Khurshid Jahan (Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), 2013-04)

Fresh water scarcity is one of the major problems in the southern region of Bangladesh. Khulna and Satkhira were selected as the study area since these two districts are widely recognized as areas affected by the most ...
Health impact due to subsistence use of polluted water of Shitalakkhya river

Khaleda Begum (Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), 2010-05)

The Shitalakkhya River is one of the main rivers around Dhaka city. The pollution of this river resulting from discharge of industrial waste effluent, domestic wastewater and agrochemicals into this river has reached ...
Agricultural and meteorological drought assessment using remote sensing and GIS in North - West region of Bangladesh

Hasan Murad (Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), 2010-05)

Drought is the most complex but least understood of all natural hazards in Bangladesh. Timely information about the onset of drought, extent, intensity, duration and impacts can limit drought related losses of life, human ...
Flow and erosion process and its local impact along a developing bend between two river training structures in a braided river

Farzana Mahmud (Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), 2011-04)

River bank erosion in the braided Jamuna River is one of the major natural phenomenon in Bangladesh. Bank erosion and channel developments are closely related to river flow processes and river morphology. The erosion ...
Study on bank erosion and its impact on the livelihood of the local people: a case study along the Nabaganga river

Farzana Afreen (Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), 2009-07)

River bank erosion has been a recurrent feature along the large scale and some moderate scale rivers in Bangladesh. Though much research works on the socio-economic impact of bank erosion of large scale rivers have already ...
Assessment of the risk due to storm surge under climate change in the coastal zone of Bangladesh

Sarkar, Dipankar Kumar (Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), 2011-02)

Coastal areas of the world face a range of risk related to climate change. Cyclone and associated storm surge is the most destructive hazard that frequently occurs in Bangladesh and causes enormous suffering to the people ...
Distributional equity of irrigation water and its impact on productivity of some deep tube well command areas

Deb, Ashish Kumar (Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), 2012-03)

Equity is an increasingly important concern for irrigation, but has not been yet addressed sufficiently by studies in this area after its implementation. The objectives of this study were to assess equity in water ...
Impact of a submersible embankment project on Haor based livelihood

Arif Abdullah Khan (Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), 2010-02)

Haor in the Northeast Region of Bangladesh is a very unique type of wetland and is characterized by the presence of numerous large, deeply flooded depressions, between the rivers. Premonsoon flash flood from the neighboring ...
Impact of land-use change on ecohydrological characteristics of Arial beel

Anisa Rahman Siddique (Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), 2012-11)

Land use change can have adverse impacts on aquatic habitats and biodiversity leading to change in socio-economic activities of a country. This study aims to analyze the impact of land use change on eco-hydrology of Arial ...
Comparative study on command areas of shallow and deep Tube wells in irrigation development

Afroza Sharmin (Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), 2013-11)

The innovations in minor irrigation technology like deep and shallow tubewells (DTW and STW) have led to a rapid increase in the irrigated area. With time, the number of irrigation equipment has increased but the area ...
Social perceptions and technical evaluation of performance of selected water control structures in Narail district

Abul Bashar Mohammed Khan Mozahedy (Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), 2011-02)

Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) and Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) have completed many water resources development projects in the coastal belt of the country in order to boost up agro-production ...
Quasi-Real time prediction of storm surge inundation for the coastal region of Bangladesh

Ali Mohammad Rezaie (Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), 2015-08)

Bangladesh coast is infamous for the negative impacts caused by storm surge inundation that initially leads to damage of life and property but longer term devastation to coastal ecosystems affects the livelihoods years ...
Participatory multi-criteria evaluation of alternative options for water supply in a cyclone prone area

Abu Hena Mustafa Kamal Sikder (Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), 2010-09)

The availability of fresh and safe drinking water is considered to be the most critical issue in the coastal region. The sources of drinking water have been mainly groundwater, which has limitations in that in many places ...
Comparison of statistical downscaling techniques for development of future climate change scenarios for the coastal areas of Bangladesh

Sadia Azad (Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), 2015-04)

Coastal region of Bangladesh is vulnerable to climate change due to its flat topography and dense population and poverty. Generation of plausible climate change information for this region is important for various impact ...
Index based climate vulnerability assessment for Hatiya of Noakhali of Bangladesh

Nahid Hasan Raju, Md. (Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), 2015-11)

Climate change is the major threat to Bangladesh, and the elongated coastline is the primary victim of the climate extremes. Geographically Bangladesh is at critical location to be vulnerable to climate change. The impact ...
Development of decision aid for ecohydrological consideration in flood management in deltaic floodplain

Sultan Ahmed (Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), 2011-05)

Traditional flood management interventions adversely affect floodplain ecosystem as they do not maintain flood flow vital for preserving the floodplain ecosystem. Flood management intervention needs to be planned and ...
Poverty alleviation through improved water management in a deltaic tidal plain

Mahbubul Alam, Md. (Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), 2011-02)

The southwest region of Bangladesh that represents about 27 per cent (40,450 sq. km) of the total area of the country is crisscrossed by large tidal rivers. A large number of Tidal Basins, which are flat, low-lying alluvial ...

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