Save Flood Vulnerable Eastern Fringe of Dhaka

Masters Student Anika Nasra Haque reports on her thesis in the Daily Star Newspaper

Under the Dhaka Integrated Flood Protection Project, the western part was protected by embankments and the drainage system. But during the 1998 flood, even some of the proretected areas were inundated; this indicates that the existing adaptive measures needed further improvement. The eastern part of Dhaka city is still unprotected. This increases the urgency of the need of to take adaptive measures against current climate variability and impact of future climate change to protect the eastern fringe of Dhaka.

Anika Nasra Haque is a Master Student in Urban Management and Development at the Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam. Her batch is currently working on finalizing the masterthesis and preparing to graduate in October.

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The complete article in the Daily Star (Bangladesh). 

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