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Vol.4 , No. 1, Publication Date: Jun. 7, 2017, Page: 1-14
 got most priority comparing to others existing risk in the Chawra Union. Though the cyclones hazard and vulnerability is the highest but due to its strong capacity it got less priority comparing to thunderstorm. The study is found that communities are capacitated in terms of Physical (.750), Social (.704), Economic (.681), Human (.647) and Environmental (.701) capacity against cyclone and their total effectiveness to capacity (.70) is closely to medium level. Such information is vital to develop optimal intervention measures that will build resilience and reduce vulnerability in the study area.&picture=http://www.aascit.org/aascit/decorators/img/journal/904.jpg)
| [1] | Irteja Hasan, Department of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Patuakhali, Bangladesh. |
| [2] | Md. Sagirul Islam Majumder, Department of Subtropical Agro-Production Science, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan. |
| [3] | Mohammad Kabirul Islam, Department of Soil Science, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Patuakhali, Bangladesh. |
| [4] | Md. Mustafizur Rahman, Agriculture Training Institute, Faridpur, Bangladesh. |
| [5] | Nazmul Huq Hawlader, Department of Seed Science and Technology, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh. |
| [6] | Israt Sultana, Bangladesh Coastal Development Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh. |
The study was conducted in Chawra Union under Barguna district which is one of the lower administrative units of low lying deltaic coastal region of Bangladesh. The study area is subject to seven types of natural disasters that are occurring more frequently in greater intensities along with prominent human activities. The study mainly concentrates on assessing disaster risk through prioritizing the major natural hazards, assessing vulnerabilities and capacities in the study area. The interaction between the hazard, Physical, Environmental, Social and economic vulnerability is discussed and combined in an equation for risk calculation. The study also demonstrates factors that are considered the empowerment of communities’ capacity against cyclone in aspects of socio-economic conditions among the coastal communities. Both primary and secondary information was incorporated in the study. Primary information was collected through Household Survey, Focus Group Discussion, Key Informants Interview and necessary secondary information were collected from internet sources. The study revealed that shocking cyclone, underhanded river erosion, excessive rainfall, severe thunderstorm etc. are the major natural hazards in the locality and the risk of thunderstorm (0.758) got most priority comparing to others existing risk in the Chawra Union. Though the cyclones hazard and vulnerability is the highest but due to its strong capacity it got less priority comparing to thunderstorm. The study is found that communities are capacitated in terms of Physical (.750), Social (.704), Economic (.681), Human (.647) and Environmental (.701) capacity against cyclone and their total effectiveness to capacity (.70) is closely to medium level. Such information is vital to develop optimal intervention measures that will build resilience and reduce vulnerability in the study area.
Keywords
Cyclone, Capacity, Disaster Risk Assessment, Hazards, Resilience, Bangladesh
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