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    Floods have severely impacted Bangladesh throughout history. The document discusses three major points: 1) Bangladesh has experienced over 28 major floods since 1950, including some of the most devastating in 1988 and 1998. The 1988 flood inundated 61% of the country and the 1998 flood was the worst, flooding 68% of the country for 65 days. 2) Floods have significant physical, social, and economic impacts including damage to settlements and infrastructure from riverbank erosion, reduced crop production and food insecurity, increased health risks, and unemployment. 3) Riverbank erosion is a major problem induced by flooding, destroying valuable land and displacing populations each year. The town of Kazipara on the Jam

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    Floods have severely impacted Bangladesh throughout history. The document discusses three major points: 1) Bangladesh has experienced over 28 major floods since 1950, including some of the most devastating in 1988 and 1998. The 1988 flood inundated 61% of the country and the 1998 flood was the worst, flooding 68% of the country for 65 days. 2) Floods have significant physical, social, and economic impacts including damage to settlements and infrastructure from riverbank erosion, reduced crop production and food insecurity, increased health risks, and unemployment. 3) Riverbank erosion is a major problem induced by flooding, destroying valuable land and displacing populations each year. The town of Kazipara on the Jam

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    Floods have severely impacted Bangladesh throughout history. The document discusses three major points: 1) Bangladesh has experienced over 28 major floods since 1950, including some of the most devastating in 1988 and 1998. The 1988 flood inundated 61% of the country and the 1998 flood was the worst, flooding 68% of the country for 65 days. 2) Floods have significant physical, social, and economic impacts including damage to settlements and infrastructure from riverbank erosion, reduced crop production and food insecurity, increased health risks, and unemployment. 3) Riverbank erosion is a major problem induced by flooding, destroying valuable land and displacing populations each year. The town of Kazipara on the Jam

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    Part-time Teacher
    Dr. Abdul Baqee
    Impacts
    Flood
    2020-Session 21 BANGLADESH STUDIES
    Human 1103 : Bangladesh Studies
    It is found from Among
    In 1959, the these, the
    Water the available
    data during ones in
    Development 1953, 1955,
    Board was 1950-2000,
    Bangladesh has 1956, 1962,
    established and 1963, 1966,
    until now this is been hit by
    more than 28 1968, 1969,
    the only official 1970, 1971,
    body of water floods with
    different 1974, 1976,
    management in 1984, 1987,
    Bangladesh. magnitudes.
    1988 and
    Historical records revealed that FIVE major 1998 have
    floods occurred in the 19th century (1842, 1858,
    been the
    1871, 1885 and 1892) and 15 such floods
    occurred in the 20th century (Rasid and Paul, most
    1987, Khalil, 1990, Haque, 1997). devastating. 2/10
    Historical Flood Affected Areas in Bangladesh

    The THREE Most


    Note the Return Period of Devastating
    the FLOOD Flood

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    Two very exceptional floods are in 1988 (61 percent) and
    1998 (68 percent).
    The 1998 flood was the most worst in the memorable
    history when more than 61% of area inundated and
    remained under water for 65 days (BWDB, 1998).

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    Poor Men’s Sufferings

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    Major Impacts of Floods
    PHYSICAL -- Increase in Frequency and
    Intensity of Riverbank Erosion
    -- Damage Settlements and
    Physical Infrastructure
    -- Drainage Congestion and
    Water Logging
    SOCIAL/HUMAN -- Reduce Crop Production and
    Threats to Food Security
    -- Threats to Fish, Poultry, Livestock
    and other Small Industries
    -- Increase unemployment and
    under employment
    -- Increase Health Risks 7/10
    River Bank Erosion
    River bank
    erosion can be
    described as the
    bank line
    shifting mainly
    due to erosion River bank erosion
    caused by is induced by
    hydrological flooding which
    pressure or destroys valuable
    fluvial (river) cultivable lands,
    action. settlements,
    markets and
    towns. 8/10
    River Bank Erosion (contd.)
    Consequences
    Bank erosion Floods occur as a
    causes sequential
    immense disaster of bank
    land loss and erosion.
    population Kazipara by the
    displacement river Jamuna is
    each year. the best
    example.

    That’s all folks 9/10


    Assignment
    What do you mean by flood and flooding?
    Critically discuss the impacts of floods in
    Bangladesh.

    Submit by
    September 03, 2020

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