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[환경] Flooding crisis in Bangladesh: urgent measures required
방글라데시 국외연구자료 연구보고서 - Biodiversity 발간일 : 2024-04-04 등록일 : 2024-04-11 원문링크
Floods are among the most common and devastating natural disasters in the world. Unfortunately, floods have become an alarming regularity in riverine Bangladesh, with significant flood events in 2004, 2007, 2009–2014 and 2020. According to the World Health Organization (WHO Citation2020), the global impact of floods between 1998 and 2017 affected over 2 billion people, underscoring the severity and widespread nature of this natural disaster.
Bangladesh, situated in a vast river delta, barely above sea level, contends with natural challenges like flooding rivers and bay-borne cyclones. The Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers, along with their distributaries and tributaries, also contribute to the high vulnerability of Bangladesh to flood. To combat these flood issues, the country has developed defences over time. These measures include warning systems, storm shelters, salt-resistant crops, and a network of 139 coastal polders – 5700 km of protective walls shielding farmland from inundation (Cornwall Citation2018). The escalating threats of floods, salinization, and waterlogging pose dire risks to over 35 million individuals inhabiting Bangladesh’s coastal region. These challenges imperil not just lives but also the sustenance and livelihoods of those who live and work within this vulnerable zone. Urgent attention, action and mitigation strategies are required to safeguard the populace and their economic activities (Barbour et al. Citation2022).
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