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A
Regional collaborative research project on "Water Security in Peri-Urban South
Asia: Adapting to Climate Change and Urbanization" has been launched at the
Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM) of Bangladesh University of
Engineering and Technology (BUET) on 12 July 2010.
PROJECT STATEMENT
The
process of rapid urbanization and its impact on peri-urban water security is
increasingly becoming a matter of concern for academicians, policy makers as
well as civil society groups in South Asia. Urbanization process is being
sustained mainly through acquisition of agricultural lands from the peripheral
areas. As a consequence, this process is leading to acquisition of diverse water
sources and iniquitous water uses by different users. The repercussions of the
changing peri-urban landscape for land and water use will be further accentuated
by climate change which is expected to alter water availability patterns in
future. These trends together create patterns of vulnerability as far as water
availability is concerned in terms of uncertainty in water supply, diminishing
access, growing water conflicts and the erosion of social capital. The proposed
project seeks to understand the implications of urbanization processes for water
access and use of peri-urban residents in four locations across three South
Asian countries in the overall context of climate change. This action research
project located in selected sites in Bangladesh (Khulna), India (Gurgaon and
Hyderabad) and Nepal (Kathmandu) will provide a deeper understanding of the
changing access to water for peri-urban residents due to development activities
and further implications of climate change, especially for the vulnerable social
groups differentiated by class, caste and gender. The project will also throw
light on how people respond or adapt to these changes. In doing so, it will
contribute to the larger discourse on climate change, vulnerability and
adaptation.
PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS
This
Collaborative Action Research has been lunched through four research think-tank
institutions of South Asia, South Asia Consortium for Interdisciplinary Water
Resources Studies (SaciWATERS), Hyderabad, India; Institute of Water and Flood
Management (IWFM), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET),
Dhaka, Bangladesh; Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon, India and
Nepal Engineering College (nec), Kathmandu, Nepal. Formally this three-year
project has been commenced on 12th July, 2010. The project is funded by the
International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada.
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Inauguration of the 3rd Annual review meeting on "Sustainable Management of
River Bank Erosion in Bangladesh, Cambodia and Vietnam Project" was organized by
the Institute of Water and Flood Management, BUET on Monday, January 04, 2010 at
the IAT seminar room of the Institute building. The project goal is to ensure
cost-effective use of international technology and local knowledge in
sustainable development of river bank protection and zoning policies for rural
communities. The partner institutions of this project are: Southern Institute of
Water Resources Research, Vietnam; Royal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia;
School of Geography, Southampton University, United Kingdom; and Institute of
Water and Flood Management, BUET, Bangladesh. The project is funded by the
Department for International Development (DFID) for the development partnerships
in higher education (DelPHE) administered by the British Council.
Vice Chancellor of BUET, Prof A.M.M. Safiullah,
inaugurated the annual review meeting. Also present were Dr. Paul A Carling,
Professor, University of Southampton, Dr. Dinh Cong San, Deputy Director,
Southern Institute of Water Resources Research (SIWRR), and Mr. Kok Sothea,
Royal University of Phnom Penh. Dr. Md. Munsur Rahman, Professor, IWFM is acting
as the country coordinator of the project. The meeting was chaired by Dr. M Shah
Alam Khan, Director, IWFM. Professor A.M.M. Safiullah in his speech stressed the
importance of river bank protection and collaborative research for knowledge
sharing. The speakers at the meeting emphasized on exploring local, indigenous
knowledge along with scientific and technological knowledge for sustainable
management of river bank erosion. This review meeting is being followed by a
two-day field trip to four locations (Shuvogacha, Sirajganj, Betil and Enayetpur,
and Radhunibari) along the Jamuna River.
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A first ever offered M.Sc. course in Bangladesh on
climate change entitled "Climate Change Risk Management". For details, please
visit the course web site at
http://teacher.buet.ac.bd/akmsaifulislam/climatecourse2009.html
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Dr. Akm Saiful Islam, Associate
Professor of IWFM has been selected as valued top reviewer of Elsevier's high
impact geosciences journals and invited to attend a reception in the American
Geophysical Union (AGU) 2009 in San Francisco, USA. One of his papers on
regional climate change modeling has been accepted in the AGU Fall meeting to
present in the poster session.
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Professor
M. Shah Alam Khan has joined as the new
director of IWFM from November 14, 2009.
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Task Manager of CB project visited IWFM, BUET.
More about the seminar...
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Ms. Sonia Binte Murshed has joined the Institute
as a Lecturer in June 2009. Ms. Murshed received her M.Sc. (WRD) from IWFM,
BUET in 2008 and B.Sc. Engg. (Civil) from BUET in 2004. More information on
Ms. Murshed can be found here.
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The Institute organizes seminar on water related
fields from time to time. The faculty members of the Institute impart seminars about
their recent research advances. Listed below are the seminars recently
organized by the Institute.
Topic: Impact of Submersible
Embankment Projects on Boro Production in Greater Sylhet District
Speaker:
Dr. Abul Fazal M. Saleh, Professor, IWFM, BUET and
Dr.
Shahjahan Mondal, Assistant
Professor, IWFM, BUET
Date: 29 August, 2006
Topic: Remote Sensing Data as a
Solution for Long-term Flood Forecasting
Speaker:
Dr. A.K.M. Saiful Islam, Assistant Professor, IWFM, BUET and
Dr.
Nazrul Islam, Associate
Professor, Physics Department, BUET
Date: 25 July, 2006
Topic:
Risk-based evaluation in meeting future water demand of the
Ganges
Dependent Area
Speaker: Dr.
Shahjahan Mondal, Assistant
Professor, IWFM, BUET
Date: 27 December, 2005
Topic:
Hydrological Aspects of 2004 Flood
Speaker: Dr.
Rezaur Rahman,
Professor, IWFM, BUET
Date: 23 April, 2005
Topic:
Scouring at the Meghna Bridge Site
Speaker: Dr.
M. Mozzammel Hoque,
Professor, IWFM, BUET and
Dr. Md. Munsur Rahman, Assistant
Professor, IWFM, BUET
Date: 13 March, 2005
Topic:
Integrated Water Resources
Management for Sustainable Development in Bangladesh.
Speaker: Dr.
Jahir Uddin Chowdhury, Professor, IWFM, BUET
Date: 05 January, 2005
Topic:
Development
of Hydrologic Infromation and Modeling System using World Wide Web (www).
Speaker: Dr.
Akm Saiful Islam,
Lecturer, IWFM, BUET
Date: 30 November, 2004
Topic:
Hydrodynamics
of Hyporheic Exchange of Pollutants in Rivers
Speaker: Dr. Mashfiqus
Salehin,
Assistant Professor, IWFM, BUET
Date: 28 September, 2004
Topic:
Investigation
of Mechanism of Flash Floods in Bangladesh
Speaker: Dr. Sujit kumar Bala,
Assistant Professor, IWFM, BUET
Date: 21 September, 2004
Topic:
Formulation
of a Pro-Poor Water Sector Strategy for Bangladesh
Speaker: Dr. Rezaur Rahman,
Associate Professor, IWFM, BUET
Date: 25 May, 2004
Topic:
Performance
Evaluation of Low-Cost Drip Irrigation Technology for Cultivation of Tomato
Speaker: Dr. Sujit Kumar Bala,
Assistant Professor, IWFM, BUET
Date: 13 April, 2004
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International Conference /
Congress / Symposium
Dr. M. Shah Alam Khan attended
the "Education for Sustainable
Development (ESD)"
symposium during 13-15
October, 2006 at Okayama University in Japan and presented a paper on
Disaster Preparedness Education in Bangladesh.
Prof.
Dr. M Mozzammel Hoque attended the
2nd
Asia Pacific Association of Hydrology and Water Resources (APHW) Conference
during
5-8 July, 2004 in Singapore and presented the following two papers.
National Conference / Congress /
Symposium
Prof. Jahir
Uddin Chowdhury presented
the following paper
at the Integrated Water Resources
Management (IWRM) with Training on Scientific Methodology and Development of
Grant Applications organized by BCAS
on September 27-28, 2006
in Dhaka:
Prof. Jahir
Uddin Chowdhury presented
the following paper
at the US-Bangladesh Workshop on
Innovation in Windstorm/Storm Surge Mitigation on December 19-21, 2005
in Dhaka:
Prof. Rezaur Rahman (Co-authors: M. Shah Alam Khan, Haroun er Rashid
and Salim Rashid) presented
the following paper
at
the
US-Bangladesh Workshop on Innovation in Windstorm/Storm Surge Mitigation on
December 19 - 21, 2005 in Dhaka:
Prof. Rezaur
Rahman imparted a lecture
on the following topic as a invited speaker at seminar
organized by Emergency Flood Damage Rehabilitation
Project (Part d: Water Resources) on 15 September, 2005
in Dhaka on the following topic:
Prof. Jahir
Uddin Chowdhury presented the following paper at the
Training of Trainers on Conflict Resolution and Negotiation Skills for IWRM
organized by BCAS on 1-5 August, 2005 in Dhaka.
Dr.
Rezaur Rahman presented the following paper at the Third South Asia
Water Forum (SAWAF III) held on 8 July, 2004 in
Dhaka.
Prof.
Jahir Uddin Chowdhury imparted the following keynote lecture on the
roundtable meeting organized by the Institution of Engineers' Bangladesh (IEB)
on
7 May, 2004.
Dr.
Shah Alam Khan imparted a lecture on the following topic as a
resource person at training course on Application of MIKE 21 and 21C
Modelling System in the Navigability Management, River Design and Environmental
Impact Assessment organized by the Institution of Water Modelling (IWM)
on
15 February, 2004.
Prof.
Dr.
Jahir Uddin Chowdhury presented the following paper as a keynote speaker at a
round table meeting organized by the Institution of Engineers Bangladesh (IEB),
held
on 7 May, 2004 at IEB Headquarter in Dhaka.
Prof.
Dr. Jahir Uddin Chowdhury imparted a lecture on following topic at a
workshop on River Basin Management organized by Directorate of Continuing
Education, BUET and held during 21-22 April,
2004.
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International
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Dr.
Mashfiqus Salehin attended a workshop on APN CAPaBLE South Asia
Regional Training Workshop on Watershed Modeling held during 7-18
March, 2005 in Islamabad, Pakistan. The program was jointly organized by the
Global Change Impact Studies Center and Pakistan Meteorological Department.
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Dr. G.M. Tarekul Islam attended a training programme on
Applications of Geo-Informatics in Watershed Management in the Hindu-Kush-Himalya
held during 6 June - 24 September, 2004 in Kathmandu, Nepal and Enschede,
the Netherlands. The programme was organized by the
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Nepal and the
International Institute for Geo-Information Sciences and Earth Observation
(ITC), Netherlands and sponsored by the Netherlands International Cooperation
for Higher Education (NUFFIC).
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Dr. G.M. Tarekul Islam attended the 13th United
Nations International Training Programme on Remote Sensing Education for
Educators held during 5 May - 13 June, 2003 in Stockholm, Skinnskatteberg
and Kiruna, Sweden. The programme was organized by the Department of Physical
Geography and Quaternary Geology, Stockholm University and sponsored by the
United Nations and Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA).
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Dr. G.M. Tarekul Islam attended the regional training
course on Application of Geo-Informatics for Water Resources Management
held during 17 - 28 March, 2003 in Kathmandu, Nepal and organized by the
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD).
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Prof. Dr.
M Mozzammel Hoque attended the
Third
World Water Forum during
16-23 March, 2003 in Kyoto, Japan as a representative of Bangladesh
delegates.
Local
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Prof. Rezaur
Rahman as a Designated Discussant and Dr.
Asad Hossain attended a workshop for the "Baseline Study on Disaster
Risk Management and Climate Change Impacts Knowledge and Understanding Among
CDMP Stakeholders" project on Consultation and Dissemination held on
11 January, 2007 in Dhaka. The program was organized by CDMP and BCAS.
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Prof. Rezaur
Rahman as a Resource person and Dr.
Asad Hussain as a Trainee participated a training course on
ToT
Course on IWRM held on 11 January, 2007 in Dhaka. The program was organized by
WARPO, GWP and CEGIS.
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Prof.
Mozzammel Hoque attended a workshop to Improve Post graduate Course
Curriculum of Irrigation and Agriculture Department, Bangladesh Agriculture
University held during 16 September, 2006 in BAU.
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Dr. Akm
Saiful Islam attended a workshop on Review and Formulation of
Recommendations for Upgradation of Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre's
Web-Site held on
18 July 2006 and organized by FFWC, BWDB.
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Prof. Jahir
Uddin Chowdhury
attended a symposium as an invited discusser on
A Draft Inception Report of Early Warning System
Study held during 26 June 2006 and organized by Asian
Development Bank.
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Prof. Rezaur Rahman
attended a seminar as an invited discusser on
National Action Programme for Combating
Desertification held during 05 June 2006 and organized by the
Department of Environment.
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Dr. Tarekul
Islam and Dr. Munsur Rahman attended a
symposium on Capacity Building in the Field of
Water Resources Engineering and Management in Bangladesh held on 25
May, 2006 and organized by BUET-DUT Linkage Project.
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Dr. Akm
Saiful Islam attended a workshop on Issues on Protocol
Development for Data Sharing, Exchange and
Dissemination
held on
21 December 2005 and organized by WARPO.
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Dr. Shajahan
Mondal attended a international workshop on
Risk Management in
Municipal Infrastructure Projects
held on
27 November 2005 and organized by
DCE, BUET.
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Dr. Tarekul
Islam, Dr. Mashfiqus Salehin and Dr. A.K.M. Saiful Islam attended on a
international seminar on Water Resources Management
& Flood Control in Bangladesh held on 25 November, 2005 and organized by
FBAST, Cultural Section of French Embassy and French Trade Commission.
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Dr. Sujit
Kumar Bala and Dr. Shajahan Mondal attended a short course on
Remote Sensing and GIS in Water Management
held on 21-24 November, 2005 and organized by DCE, BUET.
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Dr.
Mashfiqus Salehin attended a workshop on International Training Workshop on Groundwater modeling
held on
11-15 September 2005 and organized by Department of Geography, Dhaka
University.
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Dr. Shajahan
Mondal attended a workshop on Training of
Trainers on Conflict Resolution and Negotiation Skills for IWRM
held on
1-5 August 2005 and organized by BCAS.
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Dr. Sujit Kumar Bala
attended a
workshop
on Training Workshop on Bangladesh Country
Almanac (BCA): A user friendly GIS Tool for Agriculture and Natural Resource
management held during 18-19 May 2005 and organized
by BARC.
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Prof.
Mozzammel Hoque attended a workshop on Integrated Water Resources
Managemetn (IWRM) held during 18 May, 2005 in Dhaka and organized by CAPNET, Bangladesh.
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Dr. Shah
Alam Khan and Dr. Sujit Kumar Bala attended a seminar on
Urban
Information Management for Greater Dhaka City held on 26 July 2004
at Sheraton Hotel and arranged by SoB and JICA.
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Prof. Jahir
Uddin Chowdhury attended a workshop as an invited discusser on
National
Workshop on River Linking Project of India held on 8 July 2004 at
IDB Building.
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Dr. Sujit Kumar Bala
attended a Short Course
on Monitoring and Evaluation of Water
Resources Projects held during 1-3 June 2004 and organized
jointly by the Directorate of Continuing Education (DCE) and Department of
Water Resources Engineering.
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Dr. Rezaur Rahman
attended a workshop as
resource person on Shifting focus from water
development to water management: with attention on poverty alleviation and
livelihood held during 16-19 May 2004 and organized by the
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) at Vagyakul. The
workshop was arranged for the senior engineers of Bangladesh Water
Development Board (BWDB).
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Dr. Sujit Kumar Bala
attended a Short Course
on Dredging held during 17-19
January 2004 and organized by the Directorate of Continuing Education.
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Mohammed Abed Hossain
attended a Short Course
on Physical and Mathematical Modeling in Water
Resources Engineering held during 31 December 2003 - 4 January
2004 and organized by the Directorate of Continuing Education, BUET.
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Ms. Arpana Rani Datta attended a Training course
Application of Geo-informatics for Water Resources
Management held during 3-13 November, 2003 and organized by LGED,
GWP-South Asia and ICIMOD.
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Prof. Jahir Uddin Chowdhury and Ms. Arpana Rani Datta attended a
National Consulting Meeting on Establishment of a
Regional Flood Information System in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) Region
held during
18-19 October, 2003 and organized by Bangladesh Water Development Board,
Dhaka.
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Ms. Arpana Rani Datta attended a
workshop on Technical Workshop on Climate Forecast
Applications in Bangladesh held during 16-17 July, 2003 and organized by
Atmospheric and Organic Sciences, Colorado University and Asian Disaster
Preparedness Centre (ADPC).
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Ms. Arpana Rani Datta attended a
seminar on Technology Transfer Seminar on Flood
Forecasting and Warning Services held during 25-26 June, 2003
and organized by the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre.
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Dr. M. Shah Alam Khan and Dr. G.M.
Tarekul Islam attended a workshop on Training
Workshop on Bangladesh Country Almanac held on 19 February 2003
and organized by the Department of Soil, Water and Environment, Dhaka
University.
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