Disaster
An Anthropological Impact Assessment on Flood Induced Displacement: A Case study in Dhemaji Development Block, District Dhemaji, Assam
By: ANUP HAZARIKA, RIPUNJOY SONOWAL – Floods have a significant negative social, economic and environmental impact on both individuals and communities. The results of floods, both negative and positive, differ greatly depending on the placement and amount of flooding. Global data from a previous couple of decades shows that the number of displaced people by…
Medical choices of a disaster-prone Bangladeshi village: An ethnographic study
By: NASIR UDDIN, MUSFIKUR RAHMAN, MAKSUDA KHATUN – A highly advanced contemporary health system exists in Bangladesh and provides health services to all tiers of Bengali society. However, because of the insufficiency of medical infrastructures and shortage of manpower, the benefits of modern health care did not exist in the study area (November 2010 to…
Community Participation in Disaster Management: Role of Social Work to Enhance Participation
By: ANWAR HOSSAIN – Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable areas to natural disasters in the world. Almost every year different types of natural disasters occur in Bangladesh and destroy many lives and resources of people. Although it is not possible to prevent the occurrence of disasters influenced by natural causes, proper plan, management…