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BUET presents...
Disaster Management in Bangladesh
Delineation of Flood Zones of Dhaka City
Relief Assessment with GIS
Bangladesh: Regional Setting
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Bangladesh: Administrative Units
6 Divisions64 DistrictsThanas/UpazilasUnions
Bangladesh: Administrative Units
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Bangladesh:Shaded Relief
Bangladesh: Network of Rivers
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Catchment of Major Rivers
Bangladesh:Population Density
1-500501-750751-1000
1001-15001501-20002000+
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Organisations involved with DM
MoWR• Water Resources Planning Organisation
(WARPO)• Bangladesh Water Development Board
(BWDB)• Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre
(FFWC)• Institute of Water Modelling (IWM)
Organisations involved with DM
Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief• Disaster Management Bureau
Ministry of LGRD• Local Government Engineering Department
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Organisations involved with DM
Ministry of Defense• Space Research and Remote Sensing
Organisation (SPARRSO)• Bangladesh Meteorological Department
(BMD)• Survey of Bangladesh (SOB)• Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guards
Organisations involved with DMInter Ministerial Committees• National Disaster Management Council• Inter-Ministerial Disaster Management
Coordination Committee• National Disaster Management Advisory
Committee (NDMAC)• District Disaster Management Committee• Upazila Disaster Management Committee• Union Disaster Management Committee
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Organisations involved with DMNGOs• CARE (Disaster Management Project)• Network for Information, Response and
Preparedness Activities on Disaster (NIRAPAD)
• Disaster Forum• Red Crescent
Organisations involved with DM
Research Institutes• Centre for Environmental GIS (CEGIS)• Dhaka University• Khulna University• Bangladesh University of Engineering and
Technology (BUET)
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Organisations involved with DM
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)
– Dept. of Civil Engineering– Dept. of Naval Architecture and Marine Engg.– Dept. of Urban and Regional Planning– Institute of Water and Flood Management– Accident Research Centre– National Centre for Earthquake Research
Research at DURP, BUET
MURP theses on disaster-related issues1993 Institutional Development Program for Flood
Disaster Management and Rural Development in Bangladesh
1993 Effects of Greater Dhaka Town Protection Embankment on the Changes in the Trend of Settlement Pattern in the Fringe Areas
1993 Socio-economic and Environmental Impacts of Greater Dhaka Flood Protection Embankment on Adjacent Areas
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Research at DURP, BUET
MURP theses on disaster-related issues1993 Socio-economic and Environmental Effects
of the 1991 Cyclone in Coastal Bangladesh1994 Cyclone Shelter Planning for Disaster
Management and Community Development in Bangladesh
1995 Institutional Framework for Cyclone Disaster Management in Bangladesh
1994 Social Forestry Programme for Coastal Protection Against Cyclone Surge
Research at DURP, BUET
MURP theses on disaster-related issues1996 Formulation of Planning and Land Use
Policies for Disaster Management in Chittagong Metropolitan Area
2001 Fire Hazard Modelling in Dhaka City2002 Development of Information System for the
Local Level Cyclone Disaster Management2002 GIS for Estimating Emergency Relief
Requirements for Flood Victims
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Floods in Bangladesh
Floods in Bangladesh
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Floods in Bangladesh
Estimating Relief Requirements for Flood Victims
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Data UsedDEM Raster WARPO
Settlement Data Vector LGED
Population Data Attribute BBS
Boundaries, infrastructure,water bodies
Vector WARPO &LGED
Administrative HQs,community facilities,ghats, helipads,govt. offices & NGO offices
Vector WARPO &LGED
Danger level and water level Attribute FFWC
Study Area
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Study Area
Upazila Keshabpur Manirampur
No. of Unions 9 17
No. of Villages 142 249
Population 2,00,438 1,66,306
Area (sq. km) 258.53 444.72
Elevation Model
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Flooded Area (Water Level = 6m)
Flood Depth
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Affected Population
Flood Shelters
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Catchment of Shelters
Affected Population Popn. affected by floodShelter Popn.
Shallow Medium Deep V. deep1 12135 26 2024 416 0
2 23744 248 1295 385 0