Fire and Rain Brisbane Convention Centre

April 16, 17 & 18 2012

Dr Val Ingham Lecturer of Emergency Management

Charles Sturt University

Bangladesh Australia Disaster Research Group (BADRG)

Emergency Management Dr. Valerie Ingham

Mr. Ian Manock

Business/Social Economics Professor John Hicks

Dr. Richard Sappey

Psychology Dr. Mir Rabiul Islam

Research Aim

To research community expectations and experiences of emergency management, risk perception and social capital, in order to develop an interdisciplinary and cross-cultural model which will strengthen community resilience.

Bangladesh Research Support United Nations Development

Programme

CDMP

Ministry of Food & Disaster Management

Disaster Management Bureau

NGOs

Recent Disasters - Comparison Bangladesh

2009 Cyclone Aila – 190 dead, 3.9M affected, 243000 homes destroyed

2007 Cyclone Sidr – 3363 dead, 8.9M affected, 565000 homes destroyed

2004 Flood/erosion – 747 dead, 36.3M affected, 895000 homes destroyed

1998 Flood/erosion – 918 dead, 30.9M affected, 980000 homes destroyed

1991 Cyclone – 139000 dead, 13.8M affected, 819000 homes destroyed

Australia 2011 flooding and Cyclone Yasi

2009 Victorian Bushfires – 173 dead,

2006 Cyclone Larry, 0 dead, Cost $260M

1999 NSW Hailstorm – 1 dead, 138000 affected, Cost $1700M

1989 Newcastle Earthquake, 13 dead, 200000 affected, Cost $1124M

1983 Ash Wednesday Bushfires, 75 dead, 250000 affected, Cost $324M

Bangladesh Study 2010-11

Sunamganj

Satkhira

Sirajganj

Australian Study 2011-12

Nyngan

Wollongong

Molong

The revolutionary idea that defines the boundary between modern times and the past is the mastery of risk: the notion that the future is more than a whim of the gods and that men and women are not passive before nature (Bernstein, 1996).

Who is responsible?

District: Jessore Upazilla: Keshobpur Union: Sagardari Village: Vishnupur

http://www.bengaliwiki.com/page/jessore