Qingchen Fu, Zhouhua Zheng, Md Nazirul Islam Sarker, Yang Lv
Urban areas are currently facing the increasingly pressing issue of urban heat worldwide, which is being worsened by climate change and rising urbanization. As a result, there is a growing need for new approaches to enhance urban resilience and adapt to these challenges. The escalating occurrence an...
Md Nazirul Islam Sarker, Most Nilufa Khatun, G. M. Monirul Alam
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the unique aspects of Islamic finance and its role in economic development. It also explores the suitability of Islamic finance in China. Design/methodology/approach The paper explores the potential of Islamic banking and finance for economic sustainab...
Md Nazirul Islam Sarker, Shahidul Islam, Arshad Ali, Saiful Islam et al.
Digitalization of agriculture may be a solution to feed a huge growing population in the future. Application of big data is a key tool to digitalize the agriculture sector. Though there is a long debate on its applicability to agriculture, this study aims to address how big data technology contribut...
Yang Lv, Md Nazirul Islam Sarker
The successful implementation of urban resilience strategies is of utmost importance in order to reduce susceptibility and bolster resilience in the face of climate change consequences. The current understanding of the efficacy of different resilience strategies in mitigating vulnerability and bolst...
Yang Lv, Md Nazirul Islam Sarker, R. B. Radin Firdaus
Resilience is a prior term of debate in vulnerability research irrespective of discipline. Nowadays the resilience concept has been used abnormally in many cases without realizing its intended meaning. Therefore, this study clarifies the resilience concept in the context of climate vulnerability. An...
Md Nazirul Islam Sarker, Md Altab Hossin, Yinxiao Hua, Md. Kamruzzaman Sarkar et al.
One Belt One Road (OBOR) Initiative of China is a mega and historical project which facilitates international oil, gas and energy trade and connects people over the world. This article examines the oil, gas, and energy business status under OBOR. It also explores the risk associated with oil, gas an...
Md. Salman Sohel, Babul Hossain, Md Nazirul Islam Sarker, Gazi Abu Horaira et al.
Food insecurity is one of the rising problems in Bangladesh, and it is severely prevalent among informal migrant workers. In this case, the COVID-19 pandemic has multiplied the food insecurity of informal migrant workers. This study explores and synthesizes the COVID-19 induced food insecurity impac...
Babul Hossain, Guoqing Shi, Chen Ajiang, Md Nazirul Islam Sarker et al.
In Bangladesh, many people are being displaced in riverine island (char) areas every year due to climate change and its associated natural catastrophes. This study intends to investigate the impact of climate change on internally displaced char people's lives and livelihoods along with local adaptat...
Md Nazirul Islam Sarker, G. M. Monirul Alam, R. B. Radin Firdaus, Jatish Chandra Biswas et al.
Md Nazirul Islam Sarker, Md Altab Hossin, Yin Xiao Hua, Jhensanam Anusara et al.
Urbanization is an important part of economic development in China which directly related to industrial development. Industrial development is based on energy production, consumption, and trade. A new type of urbanization with low carbon city development is an urgent matter in the researcher communi...
Babul Hossain, Guoqing Shi, Chen Ajiang, Md Nazirul Islam Sarker et al.
This study aims to explore the impact of climate change on health, including local adaptation strategies. A mixed-method approach has been used in this study. The results reveal that increasing the frequency of flooding, severity of riverbank erosion and drought, and rising disease outbreak are the ...
Ram Proshad, Dan Zhang, Abubakr M. Idris, Md. Saiful Islam et al.
Louhajang River, Bangladesh, which crosses Tangail as a densely industrialized and urbanized city, supplies water for different purposes. This study reports the levels of pH, electrical conductivity (EC), and some toxic heavy metals in 40 water samples collected during the summer and winter seasons ...
Md Nazirul Islam Sarker, Most Nilufa Khatun, G. M. Monirul Alam, Md. Shahidul Islam
The smart city paradigm is relatively a new venue for the governance system. There is a growing debate about the role of big data on people, community, and smart city development. The aim of this study was to explore the role of big data on smart city governance in the context of sustainable urban d...
Md Nazirul Islam Sarker, Min Wu, Runqiu Liu, Chenwei Ma
M. Fazlur Rahman, Nilanjan Kumar Saha, Md Nazirul Islam Sarker, Arifin Sultana et al.
The main objective of this report examines the present status, problems and prospects of E-banking in Bangladesh. This study has been done mainly based on primary and secondary sources of data or information, which included different publications, journals and different books. The primary data is co...