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This paper describes the management of disaster relief post the Orissa Cyclone.
This paper describes the development of a GIS and remote sensing based expert system for disaster management purpose.
Most government or external initiatives have traditionally paid little attention to addressing the underlying causes of vulnerability cause by cyclonic storm. The management practice and modes of...
Design and construction of houses to resist natural hazards in Bangladesh, particularly in relation to the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction.
The people and agencies involved in post-disaster relief operations would naturally like to utilize their limited resources in best possible way. The various shelter options and technologies...
The examples on which I will draw include those of Alto Mayo where 7, 000 homes were rebuilt after the 1990 earthquake and the regional reconstruction Program undertaken by the Corporation...
In this paper a set of models are developed using neural network (NN) technique. It is observed that NN technique can be applied successfully to predict the casualties and damages caused by...
Bangladesh is a disaster prone country which has been facing perennial problems of natural disasters. Most houses in the rural areas in Bangladesh are of non-engineered roof construction which...
The Permatent Emergency Shelter cum Roofing Unit has been specially designed in Bangladesh for use in Bangladesh, particularly as disaster preparedness hardware for use in the cyclone high risk...
This paper attempts to focus on three issues - finding out the patterns of ethnic housing; assessing the relation between housing pattern and ecological system; analysing resistance capacity and...