Mr.K.M.Taj-Biul Hasan Dhrupad Communication-media for education and development, Bangladesh kmtaj_hasan@yahoo.com   Abstract  Bangladesh is one of the poorest and most densely populated (160 million UN 2008), country of South Asia in the world and on the front lines of climate change. Bangladesh is 10 meters above the sea level, located on the Bay of Bengal […]

2010-725 ASSESSING CLIMATE CHANGE AND ADAPTATION FROM POOR PEOPLES’ PERSPECTIVE – A CASE STUDY OF BANGLADESHSudip PalChittagong University of Engineering & Technology, Raozan, Bangladesh Abstract:Bangladesh is likely to be one of the most vulnerable countries in the world in the event of climate change. A number of studies on the impact of climate changes in […]

2010-110 QUALITY OF LIFE AND ENVIRONMENTAL FUNCTION TRADE-OFF IN THE FLOODPLAINAhmadul HassanCenter for Environmental and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS), Bangladesh   Abstract:The world’s largest delta, Bangladesh, is formed by three mighty rivers: Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna. About 80% of the country is made out of rivers and their floodplains. Land and water are the essential […]

2010-102 INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT TO SOLVE THE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON DRAINAGE CONGESTION – A CASE STUDY IN SAGARKHALI PROJECT (BANGLADESH)AFM  Afzal Hossain 1, Goutam Chandra Mridha 11 Institute of Water Modelling, Dhaka, Bangladesh Abstract:Abstract A better drainage facilities in an irrigation project is very essential for managing the multiple functions of land and […]

333 – Formulating decision support system in water resources management   Sudip Kumar Pal, Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Civil Engineering, Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology, Chittagong – 4349, BangladeshE-mail: sudip@cuet.ac.bd   Abstract:   Effective water resources development and management are not possible without adequate information. Lately, considerations also made which data are gathered and considered relevant […]

267 – Water Quality and Arsenic Pollution in Groundwater of Bangladesh   M. Hamidur Rahman 1, Hiroaki Ishiga 2 1 Department of Geology and Mining, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh2 Department of Geosciences, Shimane University, Matsue, JapanCorresponding author : Md. Hamidur Rahman (mhrahman@librabd.net) Abstract   Introduction The scientists of Rajshahi University together with Hokkaido University, Research Group […]

019 – Harnessing water resources in the next century for  Bangladesh agriculture     Kazi Farhed Iqubal, Md. Eftekhar Hossain, Zubaida A. Choudhury Department of Environmental Science, State University of Bangladesh, 77 Satmasjid Road, Dhanmondi, Dhaka 1205E-mail: iqubal_010@yahoo.com, iqubal@subd.net       Abstract : Water is an essential component of sustainable agriculture. Rainfed agriculture in […]

A-316 : Water Integration: Bangladesh Perspective   Amir Hossain Chowdhury Institute for Environment and Development Studies 5/12-15, Eastern View, 50, D.I.T Ext.Rd., Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh . Fax+880 2 831 5394,Tel+ 880-2-935412 Email: iedsfoeb@accesstel.net         Bangladesh is deltaic land blessed with the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna rivers systems. The problem is that Bangladesh has too much water […]

BALWOIS 2004 Ohrid, Macedonia, 25-29 May 2004   WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT: BANGLADESH PERSPECTIVE Amir Hossain Chowdhury Institute for Environment and Development Studies, BANGLADESH iendesbk@accesstel.net   In the present day world, the problems of too much, too little or too polluted water are increasing at a rapid rate. These problems have became particularly severe for the […]