RISK ASSESSMENT & MANAGEMENT

Risk Assessment & Management

Risk Assessment & Management

Introduction

It is known that the geography of Bangladesh has become one of the countries most vulnerable to natural disasters. Although tropical cyclones are the major causes of death in the floods in Bangladesh, which is by far the most common effect of prolonged and destructive and affect more people and affects all aspects of life. About 80 percent of the land in Bangladesh in the flood plain and up to 34 percent of the country is under water for 5-7 months each year (MoEF, 2005, Islam, 2004). Studies also support that Bangladesh suffers from floods and increasing the basis of the floods to climate change is expected to rise (McLean & Moore, 2005; Agrawala et al, 2003; IPCC, 2001). Bangladesh and frightening experience flooding during a flood in 1988, 1998, 2004 and 2007, and gradually becomes more vulnerable to floods, not only for changes in nature, but rapid population growth in flood plains and widespread poverty that forces people who live in floodplains .

Poverty is a major cause of vulnerability of people the effects of floods, more frequent floods and more poverty and thus vulnerability (ADPCM and UNDP, 2005) leads. Flood-prone areas of rural resources, especially the poor are forced to live in this populous country, and is limited to growing pressure from local people. Moreover, Bangladesh is primarily an agricultural country, and water basins and alluvial floodplains developed along the coastal areas around the country has a number of large settlements. This application to human exposure to flooding and has increased the number of homes and resources necessary for life.

Floods, disrupting the normal functions of life, farms, daily activities, water supply and sanitation, and economic structures that affect. There are many security holes with water supply, sanitation, and there are problems with deteriorating health during the flood. floods, water and sanitation, especially in the very serious health problems that increase the spread of water borne pathogens are involved. Moreover, the rural poor, such as persistent (Gaillard et al. 2008) foods pose health and nutrition problems of poor reduced income due to loss of assets due to experience great difficulties in another.

British Medical Journal is the main public health problems in developing countries, and floods occurred in tropical areas reported. Nearly half of all deaths caused by natural disasters in the flood. But floods and characteristics of death not only on health related topics and also because of the privileged socio-economic and public health (BMJ, 2000) defines. Thus, health-related flooding in Bangladesh, poverty and health problems, poor public health infrastructure, low life expectancy, severe child malnutrition, low public spending (United UU. $ 2 per person per year, the World Bank, 2002 accelerated in the country) Mosley, 2005 water supply and sanitation in poor he said. According to World Health Organization (WHO), flooding is an important risk factor for outbreaks related to contamination of drinking water facility. Flood Affected people during floods in Bangladesh is extremely vulnerable to waterborne ...