Andrés Payo, Anirban Mukhopadhyay, Sugata Hazra, Tuhin Ghosh et al.
The Sundarbans mangrove ecosystem, located in India and Bangladesh, is recognized as a global priority for biodiversity conservation and is an important provider of ecosystem services such as numerous goods and protection against storm surges. With global mean sea-level rise projected as up to 0.98 ...
Munsur Rahman, Maruf Dustegir, Rezaul Karim, Anisul Haque et al.
The physical sustainability of deltaic environments is very much dependent on the volume of water and sediment coming from upstream and the way these fluxes recirculate within the delta system. Based on several past studies, the combined mean annual sediment load of the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GB...
Mohammed Sarfaraz Gani Adnan, Anisul Haque, Jim W. Hall
From the 1960s, embankments have been constructed in south western coastal region of Bangladesh to provide protection against flooding, but the success of the polder programme is disputed. We present analysis of floods during the years 1988-2012, diagnosing whether the floods were attributable to mo...
Md. Munsur Rahman, Tuhin Ghosh, Mashfiqus Salehin, Amit Ghosh et al.
Abstract The Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) Delta and its catchment area are shared between five countries which means that the delta is strongly influenced by neighbouring country’s water and sediment management decisions in addition to climatic, environmental and internal management. Delta admini...
Sally Brown, Robert J. Nicholls, Attila N. Lázár, Duncan Hornby et al.
Even if climate change mitigation is successful, sea levels will keep rising. With subsidence, relative sea-level rise represents a long-term threat to low-lying deltas. A large part of coastal Bangladesh was analysed using the Delta Dynamic Integrated Emulator Model to determine changes in flood de...
M. Sojib Ahmed, M. Rezwan Khan, Anisul Haque, M. Ryyan Khan
Marin Akter, Momtaz Jahan, Rubaiya Kabir, Dewan Sadia Karim et al.
The IPCC fifth assessment report envisions risk of climate-related impacts as an outcome of the interaction of climate-related hazards with the vulnerability and the exposure of human and natural systems. This approach relies heavily on human perception, via expert opinions. As experts decide approp...
Shouvik Das, Sugata Hazra, Anisul Haque, Munsur Rahman et al.
The coastal areas of the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta are acknowledged hotspots of environmental and social concerns. This reflects a large, mainly rural population of 56.7 million, which is exposed to a range of natural hazards exacerbated by climate change, sea-level rise and subsidence. There ...
A. K. M. Saiful Islam, Anisul Haque, Sujit Kumar Bala
Rabeya Akter, Tansir Zaman Asik, Mohiuddin Sakib, Marin Akter et al.
Salinity intrusion through the estuaries in low-lying tide-dominated deltas is a serious threat that is expected to worsen in changing climatic conditions. This research makes a comparative analysis on the impact of salinity intrusion due to a reduced upstream discharge, a sea level rise, and cyclon...
Andrés Payo, Attila N. Lázár, D. Clarke, Robert J. Nicholls et al.
Abstract Understanding the dynamics of salt movement in the soil is a prerequisite for devising appropriate management strategies for land productivity of coastal regions, especially low‐lying delta regions, which support many millions of farmers around the world. At present, there are no numerical ...
Attila N. Lázár, Robert J. Nicholls, Jim W. Hall, Emily Barbour et al.
Abstract Bangladesh is one of the most climate-sensitive countries globally, creating significant challenges for future development. Here we apply an integrated assessment model — Delta Dynamic Integrated Emulator Model (ΔDIEM) — to the south-west coastal zone of Bangladesh to explore the outcomes o...
Anisul Haque Chowdhury, Akira Yokoyama, Yoshihiro Kokubo, Mohammad Mostafa Zaman et al.
The association between apolipoprotein E (apoE) genetic polymorphism and stroke has not been concordant in different racial populations. We investigated the association between apoE genotypes and stroke subtypes by a case-control study in Bangladesh for the first time among south Asian countries. Fi...
Md. Munsur Rahman, Anisul Haque, Robert J. Nicholls, Stephen E. Darby et al.
The Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) delta is one of the world's largest deltas. It is currently experiencing high rates of relative sea-level rise of about 5 mm/year, reflecting anthropogenic climate change and land subsidence. This is expected to accelerate further through the 21st Century, so ther...
Mahmuda Mutahara, Anisul Haque, M. Shah Alam Khan, Jeroen Warner et al.
Coastal communities in Bangladesh are at great risk due to frequent cyclones and cyclone induced storm-surges, which damages inland and marine resource systems. In the present research, seven marginal livelihood groups including Farmers, Fisherman, Fry (shrimp) collectors, Salt farmers, Dry fishers,...