Assessing the Impact of Climate Change on Major Non-Tidal Rivers
Pilot and Demonstration Activity: Bangladesh
Assessing the Impact of Climate Change on Major Non-Tidal Rivers
This PDA aims to assess the changes in Bangladesh’s non-tidal rivers resulting from the effects of climate change.
| Project site | Bangladesh |
|---|---|
| Cost | US$ 49,200 |
| Status | Ongoing |
| Approval date | May 2009 |
| Completion date | - |
| Category | Basin Management |
| ADB officer |
Kenichi Yokoyama |
| Partner | Center for Environmental and Geographic Information Services |
Bangladesh is among the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change, particularly its great rivers. Observations by the Center for Environmental and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS) reveal that the Jamuna and Padma rivers have widened more than three kilometers in the past 30 years, affecting 130,000 hectares of floodplains and displacing more than one million people.
This PDA supports a field research to assess the impact of climate change on the morphology of major non-tidal rivers and its consequences on people and the environment. It will assess the impact of large-scale changes in major rivers and risks of river widening or instability, specifically on existing river training structures and infrastructures near riverbanks.
- Better understanding on the morphological processes of the major non-tidal rivers of Bangladesh
- Policy makers taking necessary actions in minimizing loses in case of unfavorable morphological changes
- Increased support to disaster risk management
- Better trained engineers in planning and designing river training structures
- Proposal (October 2008) [ PDF ]
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