Shitangsu Paul

• PhD
• Professor at University of Rajshahi

Background: Barind Tract is one of the most water-scarce regions in the north-western region of Bangladesh.The study purpose was to delineate the prospects, impacts and challenges of groundwater depletion and rainwater harvesting (RWH) in the Central Barind Tract of Bangladesh. Methods: Kakonhat (Godagari) and Chanduria (Tanore Upazila) Unions of R...

A crisis in freshwater supplies is now one of the major problems threatening the livelihoods of people living in the coastal regions of Bangladesh. This scarcity of freshwater is inextricably linked to people’s occupations and various forms of capital. This phenomenon intensifies the risk and vulnerability of households and determines their positio...

The recent Covid-19 pandemic has tremendously changed the livelihoods of slum dwellers due to the sudden loss of occupations and this situation increased their vulnerability. The objective of this paper was to assess the slum dwellers’ livelihood vulnerability by implementing LVI with reference to five livelihood capitals which comprise 27 sub-comp...

Covid-19 pandemic had impacted on supply-demand chain and caused food crisis and increased nutritional insecurity of slum inhabitants. Globally, slum inhabitants led a miserable life and pandemic had influenced the nutritional security. The objective of this paper is to assess the depletion of nutritional security by revealing Body-mass-index (BMI)...

Rainwater harvesting is one of the sources of drinking water that may reduce the drinking water crisis in the coastal belt of Bangladesh. The purposes of current scientific study are to find out the potentialities, realities and challenges of rainwater harvesting in the coastal Bangladesh. Sarankhola (Bagerhat) and Kalaroa (Satkhira) Upazila are pu...

Abstract Groundwater of southwestern coastal Bangladesh (SCB) is influenced by Bay of Bengal water that accelerated the quality with contamination from human activities and industrial effluents. The objectives of this research are to show the distribution of experimented parameters and selected four indices (water quality index, WQI; heavy metal ev...

Water management is very significant because of changing the pattern of rainfall, seasonal variation of rainfall, sea level rising, water consumption pattern, acceleration of water quality and unavailability of fresh water in the coastal areas of Bangladesh due to adverse impacts of natural calamities. The aims were to investigate fresh water manag...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Historical reports show that COVID-19 pandemic has been confirmed over 213 nations or territories which accelerates the livelihoods. It also hampers the livelihoods of urban peoples mainly poor slum dwellers in developing countries like Bangladesh. The purpose of this article is to assess the vulnerability of urban slum d...

Abstract: The north-western part of Bangladesh especially the Barind region is considered as a drought-prone area, and agricultural drought is the most severe slow-onset reoccurring phenomenon in this region. This area is repeatedly disrupted by drought events, and the climate change has increased both frequency and magnitude of extreme drought...

PSF is developed to purify surface (pond) water to meet the domestic consumption in the coastal regions of Bangladesh. The objectives are to assess PSF water quality through WQI, HEI, HPI and HI; assess filtration efficiency through 18 parameters; health issues and management practices of PSF water in two coastal areas of Bangladesh. Khontakata (Ba...

Drought is a reoccurring phenomenon which is considered as one of the topmost slow-onset disasters in the central Barind Tract of northwestern Bangladesh. Due to the consequences of drought, agriculture of this area is highly impacted as well as the farmers fall in multidimensional livelihoods disruption. The objective of the paper is to investigat...

Better sanitation and hygiene are very significant for sound health for human lives and it protects various water borne disease. This study aims to find sanitation-hygiene knowledge, practices and impacts on human health of coastal Bangladesh. Rajoir (Sarankhola), Gangarampur (Batiaghata) and Ganapatipur (Kalaroa) villages are purposively designate...

Agricultural drought is the most severe slow-onset disaster and reoccurring phenomenon in the northwestern part of Bangladesh. The present study explores the coping strategies by farmers to combat the adverse impacts of agricultural drought and its future perception in two drought-prone villages of Rajshahi district in the northwestern Bangladesh....

Climatic variability is one of the major factor influencing the agricultural drought in northwestern part of Bangladesh especially the central Barind region. The objective of this paper is to analyze the climatic variability of temperature, rainfall and the groundwater to investigate the intensity of drought in two drought-prone villages of Godagar...

The present study builds the existing scenarios of the Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) through in-depth investigation for further exploration of policy instruments as well as amendment of Standing Orders on Disaster and scopes the disaster risk reduction of the NBS journal. The objectives were to investigate the efficiency and role of local institutio...

Natural disaster destroys socio-economic conditions and it impacts on riparian environment of Bangladesh. The objective of the study is to examine the effects of natural disasters such as flood, river bank erosion, sedimentation, and river channel shifting. The study also seeks to explore both the positive and negative impacts of river morphology c...

People repeatedly confronted by natural catastrophe in almost every year such as drought and flood in the lower Teesta Basin area. After the construction of two barrages in Gozaldoba and Dalia on Teesta River drought and flood occurs almost every year. Intensity and frequency of these calamities are also increasing in an alarming rate, which caused...

The present study examines the indigenous knowledge for coping with flood and identifies the role of local people to manage their lives and livelihoods from the severity of extreme flood incidents. Based on household questionnaire survey of 381 samples size, the study explores the traditional knowledge of how to cope with the socioeconomic conditio...

Bangladesh is the motherland of rivers. The country is susceptible to bank erosion due to various hydro-climatic causes as well as non-cohesive soil characteristics in the river banks. River bank erosion is a perennial hazard in the northern Bangladesh. Every year river bank erosion causes of agricultural land losses, homestead damages, household a...

p>The objective of this research is to evaluate people’s perception on vulnerabilities of agriculture and to explore effective adaptation options with identifying the underlying demographic, socio-economic and other relevant variables that influence the adaptation strategies in the sea level rise (SLR) hazard induced coastal areas of Bangladesh. Th...

The objective of this research is to evaluate people's perception on vulnerabilities of agriculture and to explore effective adaptation options with identifying the underlying demographic, socioeconomic and other relevant variables that influence the adaptation strategies in the sea level rise (SLR) hazard induced coastal areas of Bangladesh. The s...

The major objective of this paper is to identify the vulnerability factors and examine the effectiveness of disaster mitigation measures undertaken by individuals, government and non-government organisations to mitigate the impacts of cyclones in the Bangladesh coast experiencing from Cyclone Aila. The primary data were collected from two villages...

The north-western part of Bangladesh especially the Barind region is considered as a drought-prone area. The objective of this paper is to find out the adaptation measures practised by farmers to cope with climate change and agricultural drought in two drought-prone villages of the north-western Bangladesh. The primary data for this study were coll...

This study assesses post-cyclone food consumption pattern and food security status of households, and explores influences of various socioeconomic variables on food consumption and security status. For this study 331 out of 778 households living in three different villages devastated by cyclone Sidr were selected. A questionnaire survey was conduct...

Climate change has already been predicted to have serious impacts on physical and socio-economic environment including human health which is disproportionately affecting the women. The objective of this study is to examine the climate change patterns and investigate the vulnerability of women’s health to climate change in Kamalganj Upazilla, a sub...

This study assesses post-cyclone food consumption pattern and food security status of households, and explores influences of various socioeconomic variables on food consumption and security status. For this study 331 out of 778 households living in three different villages devastated by cyclone Sidr were selected. A questionnaire survey was conduct...

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This paper examines the vulnerabilities of agriculture in coastal regions of Bangladesh to the different adverse effects of sea level rise induced hazards, and also identifies option for future agricultural adaptations. It reveals that due to sea level rise, agriculture of the study area has already experienced noticeable adverse impacts especially...

The study was carried out to analyse the environmental impacts of coal mine and coal-based thermal power plant to the surrounding environment of Barapukuria, Dinajpur. The analyses of coal, water, soil and fly ash were carried out using standard sample testing methods. This study found that coal mining industry and coal-based thermal power plant ha...

The objective of this paper is to assess post-cyclone livelihood capitals status, identify major livelihood groups, adversity and crisis, and present the livelihood strategies of coastal households. Based on a questionnaire survey at household level, a total 331 out of 792 households are selected through simple random sampling from three purposivel...

The objective of this paper is to examine the factors influencing the human vulnerability to cyclones and storm surges experiencing from the impacts of Cyclone Aila, which made landfall in the Bangladesh coast on May 25, 2009. Relevant data are collected from two cyclone prone coastal villages of southwestern Bangladesh through structured questionn...

This study was undertaken to explore the impacts of Monga, people's perception about government and non-government Monga mitigation activities and assessing victim's needs during Monga in two Monga-prone villages of northern Bangladesh. The present study finds that Monga has various impacts on people's socioeconomic conditions that results in starv...

The objective of the present study is to explore the environmental and socio-economic impacts of coal mine and coal based thermal power plant in and around Barapukuria. The samples of coal, water and soil were analysed using standard methods. Besides, data on socio-economic impacts was collected through a questionnaire survey which was conducted on...

The objective of this paper is to assess post-cyclone livelihood capitals status, identify major livelihood groups, adversity and crisis, and present the livelihood strategies of coastal households. Based on a questionnaire survey at household level, a total 331 out of 792 households are selected through simple random sampling from three purposivel...

The objective of this paper is to explore people’s survival strategies and coping capacities to combat monga at household level in the northern region of Bangladesh. The agriculture based rural economy, extreme poverty, high percentage of landless, lack of sufficient caloric intake, unemployment of vast agricultural labour force etc. are the ro...

The objective of this paper is to assess post-cyclone livelihood capitals status, identify major livelihood groups, adversity and crisis, and present the livelihood strategies of coastal households. Based on a questionnaire survey at household level, a total 331 out of 792 households are selected through simple random sampling from three purpos...

The present study explores drought impacts and farmers' adaptation in two drought-prone villages of Tanore Upazila of Rajshahi district in the north western Bangladesh. Out of total 192 households 130 are selected for household questionnaire survey through simple random sampling. The northwestern part especially the Barind tract of Bangladesh is co...

The objectives of this paper are to examine the factors influencing the human vulnerability to cyclones and storm surges experiencing from the impacts of Cyclone Aila, which made landfall in Bangladesh coast on May 25, 2009. Relevant data are collected from two cyclone prone coastal villages of south-western Bangladesh, through structured questionn...

The objective of this paper is to identify the causes of people’s noncompliance with evacuation initiatives during cyclone sidr and comparing with previous other studies to find out common responsible factors for non-evacuation. Besides, the role of selected socio-economic and demographic variables on human evacuation response behaviour to cyclo...

Flood disrupts the normal life style of individuals, families as well as the nation that are exposed to great material and personal losses. It shatters the economic backbone of the wage-laborers, farmers, small businessmen and the local poor people, as many become practically unemployed for certain period of time. However, except the boatmen mo...

The objective of this paper is to examine the factors influencing the human vulnerability to cyclones and storm surges experiencing from the impacts of Cyclone Aila, which made landfall in the Bangladesh coast on May 25, 2009. Relevant data are collected from two cyclone prone coastal villages of southwestern Bangladesh through structured questionn...

The objective of this paper is to examine the factors influencing the human vulnerability to cyclones and storm surges experiencing from the impacts of Cyclone Aila, which made landfall in the Bangladesh coast on May 25, 2009. Relevant data are collected from two cyclone prone coastal villages of southwestern Bangladesh through structured questionn...

The objective of this paper is to examine the factors influencing the human vulnerability to cyclones and storm surges experiencing from the impacts of Cyclone Aila, which made landfall in the Bangladesh coast on May 25, 2009. Relevant data are collected from two cyclone prone coastal villages of southwestern Bangladesh through structured questionn...

The objective of this study is to explore the underlying demographic, socioeconomic and relevant variables that influence the adoption of coping strategies to combat cyclones and storm surges in the coastal areas of Bangladesh. The study has been conducted in three villages of three distinct locations of the central coast of Bangladesh. The study f...

Abstract: The objective of this paper is to explore people’s perception about flood disaster management and mitigation measures undertaken by the Government and non-government organisations in the Chalan Beel area of Bangladesh on the basis of questionnaire survey over 181 households considering the pre, during and post flood activities. The presen...

Vulnerability has no universal definition. Experts from various disciplines use the concept and define vulnerability, which leads diverse measuring methods to serve their own purpose and interests. Approaches to define vulnerability vary among the disciplines because of the various components of risk, household response and welfare outcomes. The...

The objective of this paper is to explore people’s survival strategies and coping capacities to combat monga at household level in the northern region of Bangladesh. The agriculture based rural economy, extreme poverty, high percentage of landless, lack of sufficient caloric intake, unemployment of vast agricultural labour force etc. are the root c...

The objective of this study is to measure nutritional insecurity of households in post-cyclone period, and explores the role of different socio-economic factors that influence such nutritional insecurity. A questionnaire survey was carried out to collect data at household level with 331 out of 778 households in the central coast of Bangladesh, and...

This study examines the post-cyclone household food security status in coastal Bangladesh, and identifies the role of cyclone damage, livelihood capitals, various socio-demographic variables, household coping strategies and other relevant variables for achieving food security in terms of per day calorie consumption. Based on a questionnaire survey...

This paper explores the extent of impact and the severity of tropical cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh, and assesses various countermeasures undertaken by Government of Bangladesh together with NGOs to minimize cyclone impacts. Based on a questionnaire survey at household level a total 331 out of 770 households were selected in the central coast of Bangl...

This paper explores the causes of non-response to cyclone warning, unwillingness to refugee seeking, and identifies the natural methods and signs of predicting cyclone and storm surge through local knowledge and wisdom, which can be integrated with modern cyclone forecasting system in costal Bangladesh. Despite significant progress in cyclone forec...

Cyclone Sidr, a Category 4 storm, struck the southwestern coast of Bangladesh on November 15, 2007, causing 3,406 deaths, 2.51 million acres of crop damage, and aggregated damage of US$1.7 billion. It significantly damaged household food availability and increased post-cyclone nutritional insecurity. This study assesses the nutritional status of ho...

The purpose of this research is to explore indigenous coping strategies and identify underlying demographic, socio-economic and other relevant variables that influence the adoption of coping strategies in three distinct cyclone-prone coastal villages of Bangladesh. The study finds that cyclones and induced surges are a recurrent phenomenon in coast...

This paper explores peoples' indigenous survival strategies and assesses variations in people's ability to cope with floods in two flood-prone villages in Bangladesh. It reveals that people continuously battle against flood vulnerability in accordance with their level of exposure and abilities, with varied strategies employed at different geophysic...

This study was undertaken to explore the socio-economic and environmental impacts of flood, people’s perception on government and nongovernment flood mitigating activities and assessing people’s needs during and after flood in rural Bangladesh. Flood has disastrous impacts on people’s socio-economic conditions; such as loss of earnings, assets, cro...