Bangladesh is the most natural hazard and disaster prone country in the South Asian Countries because of geographical location like at the tropical cyclone and tropical monsoon area. As a result every year natural hazard and disaster like flood, cyclone, tornado, river bank erosion, Drought, Earthquake occur in this country that losses a lot of lives and properties. But most of the losses of lives and properties occur for the lacking of preparedness. This book focuses mainly on the current status of preparedness for natural hazard in Sariakandi Upazilla in Bogra district of Bangladesh. It...

The book is concerned with the spatio-temporal changes of wetlands (haor, baor, khals, beels, marshy lands etc) from 1990 to 2004 and to identify and assess the causes and impact of wetlands changes at a micro level in Daulatpur Upazila of Manikganj district which is a low-lying flood prone deltaic plain area of Bangladesh. This study based on both secondary information and a structural questionnaire. To accomplish the research, Landsat TM image of 1990 and Landsat TM image of 2004 were analyzed by ERDAS IMAGINE 8.4. Besides, ArcView 3.3 and Arc GIS 9.2 have been used for essential map...