Urban Flooding of Greater Dhaka in a Changing Climate : Building Local Resilience to Disaster Risk

Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh and one of the world’s rapidly growing megacities, is an urban hotspot for climate risks. Located in central Bangladesh on the lower reaches of the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta, the city faces the recurring phenomena of urban flooding and waterlogging following intense r...

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Main Authors: Dasgupta, Susmita, Zaman, Asif, Roy, Subhendu, Huq, Mainul, Jahan, Sarwar, Nishat, Ainun
Format: Book
Language:en_US
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22768