Urban flood problems in Dhaka, Bangladesh: Slum residents' choices for relocation to flood-free areas

Environmental Management

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 95-104

  Rashid, Harun ^a   Hunt, Len M ^b   Haider, Wolfgang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dhaka, Bangladesh; Stated preference choice model; Urban flood problems

Indexed keywords

FLOOD-FREE AREAS; NONREPAYABLE GRANTS; STATED PREFERENCE CHOICE MODELS; URBAN FLOOD PROBLEMS;

EARNINGS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; FLOODS; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

DISASTER RELIEF; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOODING; INCENTIVE; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RELOCATION; RESIDENT POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TRADE-OFF; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; FLOODING; HOUSING; LAND USE; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CITIES; DISASTER PLANNING; HOUSING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; NATURAL DISASTERS; POVERTY AREAS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; URBAN POPULATION;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; DHAKA [BANGLADESH]; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34249911979     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-006-0233-7     Document Type: Article

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