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View article: Siting Priorities for Congestion-Reducing Projects in Dhaka: A Spatiotemporal Analysis of Traffic Congestion, Travel Times, Air Pollution, and Exposure Vulnerability
Siting Priorities for Congestion-Reducing Projects in Dhaka: A Spatiotemporal Analysis of Traffic Congestion, Travel Times, Air Pollution, and Exposure Vulnerability Open
Traffic congestion increases travel time and is a major source of pollution and health damage in developing-country cities. Data scarcity frequently confines traffic improvement projects to sites where congestion can be easily measured. Th…
View article: Accounting for Regional Differences in Mother and Child Health: Bangladesh, West Bengal, Bihar, and Jharkhand
Accounting for Regional Differences in Mother and Child Health: Bangladesh, West Bengal, Bihar, and Jharkhand Open
Using recent Demographic Health Survey data for Bangladesh and the neighboring Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal, this paper reexamines the determinants of child wasting and maternal anemia. The findings bear out the impor…
View article: Sea-Level Rise and Species Conservation in Bangladesh’s Sundarbans Region
Sea-Level Rise and Species Conservation in Bangladesh’s Sundarbans Region Open
This paper develops a methodology for identifying high-priority species conservation areas in Bangladesh’s Sundarbans region, an UNESCO World Heritage site, considering both species vulnerability and the likelihood of inundation by future …
View article: FACING THE HUNGRY TIDE: CLIMATE CHANGE, LIVELIHOOD THREATS, AND HOUSEHOLD RESPONSES IN COASTAL BANGLADESH
FACING THE HUNGRY TIDE: CLIMATE CHANGE, LIVELIHOOD THREATS, AND HOUSEHOLD RESPONSES IN COASTAL BANGLADESH Open
This paper quantifies the impacts of inundation risk and soil salinization on the family structure and income of coastal households in Bangladesh. The analysis is based on a household decision model that relates spatial deployment of worki…
View article: Impact of Climate Change and Aquatic Salinization on Fish Habitats and Poor Communities in Southwest Coastal Bangladesh and Bangladesh Sundarbans
Impact of Climate Change and Aquatic Salinization on Fish Habitats and Poor Communities in Southwest Coastal Bangladesh and Bangladesh Sundarbans Open
Fisheries constitute an important source
\n of livelihoods for tens of thousands of poor people in the
\n southwest coastal region of Bangladesh living near the
\n UNESCO Heritage Sundarbans mangrove forest, and they supply
\n a significan…
View article: Drinking Water Salinity and Infant Mortality in Coastal Bangladesh
Drinking Water Salinity and Infant Mortality in Coastal Bangladesh Open
This paper investigates the post-natal impact of pre-natal salinity exposure in coastal Bangladesh, drawing on extensive medical research that links the salinity of drinking water consumed during pregnancy to maternal hypertension, preecla…