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| Title: | Reading Nature’s Mind: Disaster management by indigenous peoples of Bangladesh |
| Authors: | Irfanullah, Haseeb Md.
Motaleb, Mohammad Abdul |
| Keywords: | Community capacity
Climate change
Climate variability
Chittagong Hill Tracts
Traditional forecasting
Traditional preparedness
Traditional knowledge |
| Issue Date: | Jan-2011 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| IPC Code: | Int. Cl.8: E04H, G01W |
| Abstract: | The paper summarizes the traditional means
of forecasting and preparing for 17 natural hazards by the indigenous
communities of the Southeastern hilly region of Bangladesh, a region not
well-understood in terms of impacts of natural disasters. The study records
communities’ perceptions of the frequency and severity of hazards over the last
decade and identified. |
| Page(s): | 80-90 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print) |
| Source: | IJTK Vol.10(1) [January 2011]
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