Date/Time
Date(s) - 27/08/2015
11:00 - 12:00
Location
ICCCAD Conference Room
Categories
The next instalment of the ICCCAD Seminar Series will take place at 3 pm on Thursday, August 26. A study team for will presenting on ‘Challenges to harmonising cyclone resistant dwelling provisioning: Lessons from four decades of piloting in Bangladesh’.
About the speakers
Prinicipal Investigator
Dr. Manoj Roy is a Lecturer in Sustainability at Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University. His research interests include: urban poverty analysis; urban ecosystem services/disservices; climate change adaptation; human settlement design and planning; and informal land and rental markets. Dr Roy’s research sponsors include: Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) – a NERC-ESRC-DFID joint programme; ESRC-DFID Joint Fund for Poverty Alleviation research programmes. His research countries include: Bangladesh, India, Ethiopia and Tanzania.
Core Researchers
Dr. Pronob Kumar Mozumder is working as Research Associate with the Nature Conservation Management (NACOM), Bangladesh. He obtained his M. Phil. and Ph.D. degrees in Zoology (Aquatic Microbiology) from the University of Dhaka. Dr. Mozumder gained experience in Zooplankton, water quality and bacterial analyses while working as a Ph.D. Research Fellow at the icddr,b.
Caroline Russell is a completing her MA in Environment and Development at Lancaster University. She obtained her MA in Post-1900 Literature, Theories and Cultures at the university of Manchester and BA in English literature from LJMU. Her research interests are climate change adaptation and NGO governance.
About the seminar
A high number of cyclone resistant dwellings projects have been implemented in the coastal regions of Bangladesh in the past 40 years. But the provisioning process of different agencies differs in implementation and design and suffers from a lack of coordination. We have been conducting a comparative study of alternative models of cyclone resistant dwellings and settlement forms that have been/are being implemented by agencies of all sectors (government, international donors, local NGOs and civil society organisations). The objective is to identify and promote the design features and implementation practices that are most effective for sustainable livelihood promotion in locations that are highly vulnerable to extreme weather events such as cyclones and storm surges. This seminar will be a presentation of the data collected over the past 2 months and collaborative discussion on the initial findings.
Collaborative support for the study:
Sarder Shafiqul Alam
International Centre for Climate Change and Development
Mr. Satchidananda Biswas
Shushilan
Mr. Sayeed Parvez Reza Latif
Artisan Architects, Engineers and Developments Ltd.
