DG ECHO funded disaster management programme / NARRI, National Alliance for Risk Reduction and Response Initiatives ; European Commission.

  • Bangladesh. National Alliance for Risk Reduction and Response Initiatives
Date:
[2012?]
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Credit: DG ECHO funded disaster management programme / NARRI, National Alliance for Risk Reduction and Response Initiatives ; European Commission. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    cand Disasters B zrztedesh is ranked as the nation most at risk from extreme weather and geophysical events among 229 countries surveyed (NDRI 2010). The major hazards for the country include riverine floods, cyclones, associated coastal storm surges, drought and earthquakes. In addition, flash floods, tornadoes and river-bank erosion are frequent causes of more localised, but nevertheless intense human suffering and losses. In different disasters over the past 20 years, a total of 135 million people have been affected, out of which 16,513 were life casualties. The total amount of resulting damage in terms of economy was 11.7 million USD (EM-DAT). Poverty reduction strategies and initiatives in Bangladesh are always affected over the years because the government and the development agencies are always forced to increase alloca- tion of financial and human resources to respond to the natu- ral disasters. Humanitarian funding requirements per emer- gency have also increased by nearly 50%, reflecting a reform in humanitarian action that includes early recovery and preparedness (ALNAP). This situation demands vision of a poverty focused disaster management programme in Bangla- desh considering a transition from a response and relief focus to vulnerability and risk reduction approach in disaster man- agement.
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