Flood Adjustment Process – The Case of Char Pathailkandi Village, Bangladesh

Authors

  • Kazi MD Fazlul Haq Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Environment, University of Dhaka
  • Kazi MD Barkat Ali Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Chittagong.
  • Sara Tasneem Senior Lecturer, Department of Business Administration, Daffodil International University, Dhaka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/cujbs.v7i1.73143

Keywords:

Flood, Adjustment process, Char Pathailkandi village.

Abstract

In the course of long habitation in the flood prone area many adjustments to the flood hazard have evolved. In the aftermath of flood the inhabitants of the flood affected area undertook various measures to lessen losses and coping strategies are observed to live with the devastated situation. The study also revealed that due to flood hazard human adjustment takes place in a broad pattern on a wide range of order.  Flood hazard has extended its disastrous hand to all aspects of human life.  Mainly five kinds of tangential adjustments are identified.  They are wealth, health, shelter, occupation and in movement.

The Chittagong Univ. J. B. Sci.,Vol. 7(1 &2):35-44, 2012

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Published

2024-05-21

How to Cite

Fazlul Haq, K. M., Barkat Ali, K. M., & Tasneem, S. . (2024). Flood Adjustment Process – The Case of Char Pathailkandi Village, Bangladesh. Chittagong University Journal of Biological Sciences, 7(1), 35–44. https://doi.org/10.3329/cujbs.v7i1.73143

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 1-2 (2012)

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