September 2004 flood event in Southwestern Bangladesh: A study of its nature, causes, and human perception and adjustments to a new hazard

Natural Hazards

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 89-111

  Ali, Abu Muhammad Shajaat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Floods; Natural hazard; Perception

Indexed keywords

EMBANKMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; GEOGRAPHICAL THOUGHT; HEALTH IMPACT; NATURAL HAZARD; SANITATION;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; GANGES RIVER; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 33846178205     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-006-0006-x     Document Type: Article

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