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View article: GroundHog: Revolutionizing GLDAS Groundwater Storage Downscaling for Enhanced Recharge Estimation in Bangladesh
GroundHog: Revolutionizing GLDAS Groundwater Storage Downscaling for Enhanced Recharge Estimation in Bangladesh Open
Long-term groundwater level (GWL) measurement is vital for effective policymaking and recharge estimation using annual maxima and minima. However, current methods prioritize short-term predictions and lack multi-year applicability, limitin…
View article: A light-weight model to generate NDWI from Sentinel-1
A light-weight model to generate NDWI from Sentinel-1 Open
The use of Sentinel-2 images to compute Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI) has many applications, including water body area detection. However, cloud cover poses significant challenges in this regard, which hampers the effectiveness …
View article: Editorial: Water supply sustainability and challenges in Asian megadeltas under global change
Editorial: Water supply sustainability and challenges in Asian megadeltas under global change Open
Globally, riverine deltas comprise barely 1% of land area, but they support the livelihoods of more than 500 million people (Moorhouse et al., 2021). The Asian megadeltas (e.g., Indus, Bengal, Mekong, Red River, and Yangtze) and their rive…
View article: Sustainability Challenges to Springshed Water Management in India and Bangladesh: A Bird’s Eye View
Sustainability Challenges to Springshed Water Management in India and Bangladesh: A Bird’s Eye View Open
Springshed management across mountainous states, such as India and Nepal, has paved the way for the groundwater recharge process. In contrast, despite introducing several interventions, the Bangladeshi government has never been officially …
View article: WASH and MHM experiences of disabled females living in Dhaka slums of Bangladesh
WASH and MHM experiences of disabled females living in Dhaka slums of Bangladesh Open
The rapid expansion of slums with increasing population density are the main barriers to scaling-up sustainable Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) facilities in the megalopolis of Dhaka, Bangladesh. The improper arrangement of ‘Cheap WA…
View article: A participatory SWOT analysis on water, sanitation, and hygiene management of disabled females in Dhaka slums of Bangladesh
A participatory SWOT analysis on water, sanitation, and hygiene management of disabled females in Dhaka slums of Bangladesh Open
Rampant slum growths add more barriers to scaling up sustainable WASH facilities coupled with safe MHM amenities for megacities. On top of inequalities in accessing to WASH provision, MHM sensitivity to the needs of disabled girls or women…
View article: Urbanising Delta: What Lessons Dhaka Offers to Face Challenges
Urbanising Delta: What Lessons Dhaka Offers to Face Challenges Open
Cities built on deltaic regions are always prone to environmental risks like aggravated flooding, wetland reduction, compromised water quality, continuing water scarcity, and tainted air and these have been remarkable as the challenges whi…
View article: Flood hazard mapping of Sangu River basin in Bangladesh using <scp>multi‐criteria</scp> analysis of <scp>hydro‐geomorphological</scp> factors
Flood hazard mapping of Sangu River basin in Bangladesh using <span>multi‐criteria</span> analysis of <span>hydro‐geomorphological</span> factors Open
Flood havoc during 2019 in the Sangu River basin caused widespread damage to residents, crops, roads, and communications in parts of hills in Bangladesh. Developing flood hazard maps can play an essential step in risks management. For this…
View article: Groundwater recharge processes in an Asian mega-delta: hydrometric evidence from Bangladesh
Groundwater recharge processes in an Asian mega-delta: hydrometric evidence from Bangladesh Open
Groundwater is used intensively in Asian mega-deltas yet the processes by which groundwater is replenished in these deltaic systems remain inadequately understood. Drawing insight from hourly monitoring of groundwater levels and rainfall i…
View article: Scale-Dependent Reliability of Projected Rainfalls over Bangladesh with the PRECIS Model
Scale-Dependent Reliability of Projected Rainfalls over Bangladesh with the PRECIS Model Open
The regional climate model, Providing REgional Climates for Impact Studies (PRECIS), has been widely used throughout the world to generate climate change projections for impact studies and adaptations. Its recent application in South Asia …
View article: Hydrological assessment for the availability of water for off-stream uses of Karatoa-Atrai River in Bangladesh
Hydrological assessment for the availability of water for off-stream uses of Karatoa-Atrai River in Bangladesh Open
Explicit consideration of in-stream flow requirement (IFR) has now become almost mandatory in many rivers before irrigation withdrawal is made. Thereby, the primary objective was to evaluate the IFR through hydrological approaches and comp…
View article: Landscape Epidemiology Modeling Using an Agent-Based Model and a Geographic Information System
Landscape Epidemiology Modeling Using an Agent-Based Model and a Geographic Information System Open
A landscape epidemiology modeling framework is presented which integrates the simulation outputs from an established spatial agent-based model (ABM) of malaria with a geographic information system (GIS). For a study area in Kenya, five lan…