Assessing the spatial variation of risk from coastal hazards and risk reduction strategies along the coast of Bangladesh Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The coastal area of Bangladesh is exposed to multiple natural hazards. They regularly affect the coast, as demonstrated by the devastating cyclones in 1970, 1991, 2007, 2009 and 2020. Over the last decades, Bangladesh has shifted its paradigm from post-disaster relief distribution to disaster risk reduction (DRR). DRR comprises three aspects: science (i.e., risk assessment), policy (i.e., legal framework, and regulations) and actions (i.e., ...