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From crisis to development: Coping with disasters in Bangladesh

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Survival of natural disasters is more than a question of individual heroism. For Bangladesh, exposed to recurrent cyclones and floods, the question of how to minimize the impact of the disaster is of immediate relevance. A year ago, on 29 April 1991 strong cyclonic winds and tidal bore battered the coastline of Bangladesh and dislocated its population. This book provides a valuable analysis of how the people have learned to cope with natural disasters.

In the first section, those who were directly involved with disaster management have drawn upon their experience to review the successes and lapses in the preparations for warning, relief and rehabilitation taken by the government, of community support and NGO initiatives. An attempt to highlight gander differences in the impact and response to the cyclone is based again on actual experiences of women, both as victims and as relief workers. In the second section, leading economists, demographers, social scientists trace the development in different sectors over the last two decades, which have improved the chances of coping. Food price stability, communication infrastructure may suggest better chances of survival. More than this the success of experimental programmes such as Grameen Bank's credit, BRAC's non-formal education, primary health care is seen as dynamic interventions to alleviate poverty. Investment in human resource development is examined from the perspective of national and donor priorities.

This book presents a collection of incisive, analytical and thoughtful papers by a range of academics, NGO activists and policy planners which are likely to generate serious debate on development priorities which would focus on the imperatives of disaster preparedness, on the dynamics of people's participation, and on the optimum and responsible utilization of aid.

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Ketersediaan

2024-0576

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Perpustakaan Diplomasi

Tersedia

Informasi Detail

Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

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Penerbit

Bangladesh : The University Press Ltd., 1992

Deskripsi Fisik

xviii, 398 pages : illustration (black and white) ; 21,5 cm.

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

984-05-1194-7

Klasifikasi

363.348068

Tipe Isi

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Tipe Media

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Tipe Pembawa

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Edisi

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Subjek

History -- Bangladesh
Survival history -- Bangladesh

Info Detail Spesifik

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Pernyataan Tanggungjawab

Hameeda Hossain

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