Disaster Research Training and Management Centre
Disaster Research Training and Management Centre, University of Dhaka

Program Activity

Research Activities:

Research activities are indispensable components of DRTMC. Some of the research undertaken by the centre are as follows:

  • Vulnerability Identification and feasible planning for Different Union of Cox’s Bazaar District in Bangladesh (DRTMC).
  • Improving Local Capacity to Adapt Safety Net Programs to Climate Change (DRTMC and World Bank).
  • Emergency Nursing and Disaster Management: A Cross-Sectional Exploratory Study on Bangladeshi Nurses’ Knowledge and Perceptions on Disaster Preparedness and Response (Md. Khalid Hasan, Assistant Professor, Institute of Disaster Management and Vulnerability Studies, University of Dhaka)
  • ‘Impact of Magurchara Test Oil Rig Explosion on Environment’ (Dr. K. Nizamuddin, Director (DRTMC), Md. SofiUIla\ Lecturer, Department of Geography and Environment, University of Dhaka, Md. Abdul Alim, Research Officer (DRTMC)).
  • ‘Perceived Awareness of Land Degradation/Desertification along the Northern Bank of the Ganges’ ( Prof. K.B. Saijadur Rasheed, Prof. Abdul Baquee, Department of Geography and Environment, University of Dhaka)
  • ‘Drought in Bangladesh: A Study of Northwest Bangladesh’ (Professor Maudood Elahi, Department of Geography, University of Jahangirnagar)
  • ‘Groundwater Arsenic Disaster in Bangladesh: A Geoenvironmental Analysis’ (Dr. Rejuan Hossain Bhuiyan, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Environment, University of Dhaka)
  • ‘Brickfields as Environmental Threat: A Study Around Dhaka City’ (Maliha Mayeed, Lecturer, Dept. of Geography & Environment, University of Dhaka)
  • ‘Study of Noise Pollution in Dhaka City’ (Mahmud Alam, Lecturer, Dept. of Geography &Environment, University of Dhaka)

Some Selected Training, Workshop, and Seminar Activities:

S.N Title of Activities Date of Activities
01 Training program on “Development Induced Displacement and Resettlement (DIDR): Strategy for Social Risk Reduction” is run by DRTMC from 12 October, 2018 12 October, 2018
02 Training program on “Development Induced Displacement and Resettlement (DIDR): Strategy for Social Risk Reduction” is run by DRTMC from 16 February to 7 April, 2018 16 February to 7 April, 2018
03 QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT: APPLICATION OF NVivo” on 29-30 September (Friday and Saturday) 2017. 29-30 September (Friday and Saturday) 2017.
04 METHODOLOGY IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT: APPLICATION OF Nvivo” 1-2 December, 2017 1-2 December, 2017
05 “QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT: APPLICATION OF NVivo” 20-21 may, 2016 20-21 may, 2016
06 Training Program on “QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT: APPLICATION OF Nvivo” 8-9 April, 2016 8-9 April, 2016
07 Disaster and Floodplain Management Short Training October 11- 12, 2015
08 Impact Assessment Guidelines and Vulnerability and Adaptation to Cyclones: A Bottom-Up Case Study from Bangladesh Coast Seminar
09th April, 2015
09 A Fulbright Water-Energy-Food Nexus Regional Workshop International Workshop February 10-12, 2015
10 Disaster and Access to Health Care in the Coastal Region of Bangladesh: A gendered Analysis 11th November 2014
11 River Erosion and Embankment Safety Management in South Asia Region March 29 to April 04, 2014