Muhammad Abdullah, Charitha Dias, Deepti Muley, Md. Shahin
Various measures were recommended or imposed by the governments to control the spread of COVID-19. Travel behaviors are significantly influenced due to such measures. However, people have various travel needs ranging from grocery shopping to work. This study examines the changes that occurred in tra...
Daniel Hoornweg, Lorraine Sugar, Claudia Lorena Trejos Gómez
Cities are blamed for the majority of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. So too are more affluent, highly urbanized countries. If all production-and consumption-based emissions that result from lifestyle and purchasing habits are included, urban residents and their associated affluence likely account f...
Shahadat Iqbal, Charisma F. Choudhury, Pu Wang, Marta C. González
In this research, we propose a methodology to develop OD matrices using mobile phone Call Detail Records (CDR) and limited traffic counts. CDR, which consist of time stamped tower locations with caller IDs, are analyzed first and trips occurring within certain time windows are used to generate tower...
Jessica Steele, Pål Sundsøy, Carla Pezzulo, Victor A. Alegana et al.
Poverty is one of the most important determinants of adverse health outcomes globally, a major cause of societal instability and one of the largest causes of lost human potential. Traditional approaches to measuring and targeting poverty rely heavily on census data, which in most low- and middle-inc...
Nilda Cosco, Robin C. Moore, Mohammed Zakiul Islam
UNLABELLED: The preschool that children attend has been shown to be a significant but variable predictor of physical activity of 3- to 5-yr-olds, whereas the time outdoors has been found to be a strong correlate of physical activity. Researchers speculate that variations in preschool physical activi...
Josep Bohigas, Vincent Chireh, Oscar Zapata, Cecil C. Konijnendijk et al.
Restrictions on the use of public space and social distancing have been key policy measures to reduce the transmission of SAR-CoV-2 and protect public health. At the time of writing, one half of the world’s population has been asked to stay home and avoid many public places. What will be the long te...
Richard C. Franklin, Amy E. Peden, Erin B Hamilton, Catherine Bisignano et al.
BACKGROUND: Drowning is a leading cause of injury-related mortality globally. Unintentional drowning (International Classification of Diseases (ICD) 10 codes W65-74 and ICD9 E910) is one of the 30 mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive causes of injury-related mortality in the Global Burden ...
Fazlur Rahman, Saideep Bose, Michael Linnan, Aminur Rahman et al.
OBJECTIVE: Interventions that mitigate drowning risk in developing countries are needed. This study presents the cost-effectiveness of a low-cost, scalable injury and drowning prevention program called Prevention of Child Injuries through Social-Intervention and Education (PRECISE) in Bangladesh. ME...
Rafia Afroz, Keisuke Hanaki, Kiyo Kurisu
We employed the contingent valuation method to estimate the willingness to pay of the respondents to improve the waste collection system in Dhaka city, Bangladesh. Our objective was to estimate how WTP differs between respondents who received or did not receive door to door waste collection. The met...
Nafis Anwari, Md. Tawkir Ahmed, Md. Rakibul Islam, Md. Hadiuzzaman et al.
This study aims to examine the extent to which SARS-Cov-2 and associated governmental interventions to mitigate virus transmission has affected daily travel decisions in Bangladesh. A questionnaire survey was used to record opinions of respondents hailing from diverse socio-economic backgrounds on t...
K. M. Atikur Rahman, Dunfu Zhang
This study estimates the factors affecting socially vulnerable groups’ demand for and accessibility levels to green public spaces in Dhaka City, Bangladesh. Dhaka is a high-density city with one of the lowest levels of green space per capita in the world. Dhaka has just 8.5% of tree-covered lands, w...
Mohammad Anisur Rahaman, Abul Kalam, Md. Al‐Mamun
Background: Dhaka City, the capital of Bangladesh, has experienced rapid and unplanned urbanization over the past few decades. This process has brought significant challenges to public health as the urban environment has become a breeding ground for various health risks. Understanding the associatio...
Ruo Jia, Anish Khadka, Lee-Hyung Kim
This paper presents a spatial clustering method for macro-level traffic crash analysis based on open source point-of-interest (POI) data. Traffic crashes are discrete and non-negative events for short-time evaluation but can be spatially correlated with long-term macro-level estimation. Thus, the me...
Shakil Mohammad Rifaat, Hoong Chor Chin
Abstract To reduce injuries in road crashes, better understanding is needed between the relationship of injury severity and risk factors. This study seeks to identify the contributing factors affecting crash severity with broad considerations of driver characteristics, roadway features, vehicle type...
Aminur Rahman, Saidur Rahman Mashreky, Salim Mahmud Chowdhury, M. S. Giashuddin et al.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the epidemiology of child drowning in order to propose possible interventions for Bangladesh and other similar low-income countries. DESIGN: Population-based cross-sectional study. SETTING: Rural and urban communities in Bangladesh. SUBJECTS: About 352,000 children 0-17 years...