The disastrous flood of 1998 and long term mitigation strategies for Dhaka City

Natural Hazards

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 85-99

  Faisal, I M ^a   Kabir, M R ^b   Nishat, A ^c  

^a NORTH SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^c IUCN Bangladesh   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Dhaka; Food management; Hydrology; Inter agency coordination and multipurpose embankment; Land use plan; Non structural measures; Structural measures

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOOD DAMAGE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MITIGATION;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0037281843     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021173832234     Document Type: Article

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