Prof. Dr ASM Maksud Kamal Chairman, Department of Disaster Science and Management Dean, Earth and...
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Prof. Dr ASM Maksud Kamal Chairman, Department of Disaster Science and Management Dean, Earth and Environmental Sciences University of Dhaka (DU), Bangladesh
Prof. Dr ASM Maksud Kamal Chairman, Department of Disaster
Science and Management Dean, Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of Dhaka (DU), Bangladesh
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REMAINING CHALLENGES: URBAN ENVIRONMENT Climate Change- induced
disaster risk Seismic Hazard Fire hazard & Building Collapse
Landslide
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Seismic Hazard 1885 1918 Potential Historical Earthquakes in
and around Bangladesh Existence of active fault in the country
Rapid and Unplanned Urbanization Noncompliance of the code Lack of
awareness in all level Seismic hazard assessment for 09 cities Risk
scenarios developed Scenario-based contingency plan for
responses
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Mitigation and Response Initiatives Risk sensitive landuse plan
piloted Capacity building training on seismic retrofitting and
study carried-out 30,000 urban volunteers trained 2300 Masons &
bar binders trained School safety and evacuation drills in
practice
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Fire Hazard & Building Collapse (Man-made) Industrial,
commercial & residential fire hazard increasing Almost one
big-fire hazard in every successive years Collapse of Rana plaza
and other residential buildings Pan-cake type collapse of Rana-
Plaza Absence of proper responding and coordination mechanism
Massive community response Chemical storage of the shops caught
fire from the source and caused rapid spreading across In building
fire fighting system was there but not operational
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Landslides Eastern folded belt of the country subjected to
landslide In 2007, massive landslide killed 121 people in
Chittagong Extreme rainfall event with human interventions in
hillslope caused landslides almost every years Riverbank erosion is
major disaster phenomena in the country Landslide vulnerability
maps developed for 03 hazard prone cities SOP & Community-based
landslide early warning in place Trained- volunteers on early
warning and response operation River-bank erosion prediction maps
are in place
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Climate Change Induced Disaster Risk Sea-level Rise Salinity
Intrusion Urban Flooding/Water logging Extreme events 50 coastal
towns out of 102 are severely affected by high salinity intrusion
(salinity exceeded 20 dS/m) In the recent years, most of the
coastal cities got flooded with a little rainfall of about 2030 mm
Extreme rainfall events caused severe flooding in major cities
Severe temperature observed in the last 50 years Urban climatic
induced hazard adaptation and mitigation yet to be addressed
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Challenges Professionalizing and practicing disaster risk
reduction Effective coordination and synchronization of the
responding agencies Risk Reduction plan and policy in line with
Disaster Management Act, 2012 & 7 th 5 year plan Useful
mechanism to bring code into practices Need specialized training
and equipments for major responding agencies Recognized responding
system, such as, ICS to be in place Strengthening Department of
Disaster Management (DDM)
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Thank you Prof. Dr ASM Maksud Kamal Chairman, Department of
Disaster Science and Management Dean, Earth and Environmental
Sciences University of Dhaka (DU), Bangladesh E-mail:
[email protected]