Bangladesh and Environment
- Capital:
Dhaka - Population:
156118464 - Size:
144000.0 Km2
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- The BLDS environment collection
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Search for the latest environment-related print documents on this country from the British Library for Development Studies collection
- Building community capacity to reduce salinity, tidal inundation and cyclone relate vulnerability
- South South North, 2006
- The goal of the project is to build the capacity of the community to reduce salinity, tidal inundation and cyclone relate vulnerability, as well as to facilitate poverty reduction. The specific objectives of the project are: ...
- A Summary of the Second International Workshop on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change
- M. Gutiérrez; L. Mead / International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 2007
- The bulletin describes the second community based adaptation (CBA) workshop held in Dhaka in February 2007. The workshop aimed to share the latest developments in community-based adaptation programmes, priorities and solutions ...
- Breaking down the complexity of vulnerability into manageable components with communities to reduce their exposure to hazards and shocks
- E. Chiwaka; R. Yates / ActionAid International, 2004
- This guide is developed to assist field workers and communities to analyse people’s vulnerability, draw action plans, mobilise resources and enact appropriate policies, laws and strategies to reduce their vulnerability to disast...
- Participatory action planning in peri-urban aquaculture in Bangladesh and West Bangal, India.
- S. W. Bunting; R. Lewins / Centre for Environment and Society, University of Essex, 2006
- This paper follows the 2005 Dhaka workshop on "Peri-urban aquatic production and improvement of the livelihoods of the urban poor in south east Asia". It aims to raise awareness and create dialogue amongst policy-makers and developmen...
- Can decentralised renewable energy tackle both climate change adaptation and mitigation?
- H. Venema; M. Clsse / International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 2004
- This book argues that well-designed decentralised renewable energy projects are both a mitigating and adaptive response to climate change. Decentralised renewable energy projects (DREs) address core sustainable development priorities ...
- Does government intervention help or hinder non-state service providers in Bangladesh?
- A.F. Chowdury; S. Delay; N. Faiz; I. Haider; B. Reed; P. Rose; P.D. Sen / International Development Department, University of Birmingham, 2006
- This report, from a series of country studies commissioned by the UK Department for International Development, examines non-state providers (NSPs) of health, education, water and sanitation in Bangladesh. Bangladesh has an unusually l...
- Nanotechnology, an option for rural water treatment and sanitation?
- T. Hillie; M. Munasinghe; M. Hlope; Y. Deraniyagala / Meridian Institute, 2006
- This paper draws together a range of issues that need to be considered and addressed in applying technology, particularly nanotechnology, for improving basic sanitation and access to clean water. It reports that as an increasing numbe...
- Clean, renewable energy for all African households?
- Christian Aid, 2006
- Tens of millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa could die of disease directly attributable to climate change, is the main finding of this NGO report. Calling on the United Kingdom Government in particular to lead rich countries in ta...
- Cut out the waste says WaterAid report
- David Redhouse / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004
- The Decade for Water in the 1980s failed to secure water and sanitation for all. Today the performance of the water sector remains grossly inadequate: more than a billion people have no access to safe water and 2.6 billion have inadeq...
- Including disabled people in water and sanitation initiatives
- Hazel Jones; Bob Reed / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005
- The link between disability and poverty is clear: two thirds of the world’s disabled people live in low-income communities, with most in rural areas. Water and sanitation facilities are considered basic needs and are central to g...
- Equity & Justice Working Group (EJWG)
- Alliance of NGO and CSO activists in Bangladesh
- Institute of Water and Flood Management, Bangladesh (IWFM)
- Research, teaching and training organization focussing on water and flood management in Bangladesh
