Natural Disasters and Political Issues in Bangladesh

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From a perilous beginning, Bangladesh has attained notable advancements in economic and social development in about four decades. Since it won its independent in 1971 following a bloody war, many, in the international community were doubtful about the country’s long-term economic sustainability. Some observers predicted a state of continuing aid dependency, while others believed if a country with such enormous and innumerable development problems as Bangladesh could make strides in development, then possibly other developing countries could as

Does anyone remember the Republican predictions of disaster during the last eight years? They warned us what could happen if Obama was elected President and if Congress was controlled by Democrats. Let me list my personal top ten:

I bet all of you think that going to school is a pain but that is nowhere close to all the problems Haiti is going through. Haiti has been going through many problems such as a failing economy, natural disasters, and degrading environment.

The year 2017 has seen a plethora of deadly disasters. Disasters, natural or man-made, are extremely disturbing events that cause hardship, suffering, injury, and death. A disaster can be detrimental to human societies and their way of life. Natural disasters, such as hurricanes, mudslides, and wild fires can cause everlasting changes to humanity, biomes, and the planet. Likewise, man-made events, such as war, terrorist attacks, or toxic spills can be just as damaging. One job of the Secretary General of the United Nations (UN) is to insure that humanitarian aid is provided to relieve the pain and suffering caused by all types of disasters. In addition, saving lives by utilizing our resources is the main goal of the UN. Norman Borlag once stated, “The destiny of world civilization depends upon providing a decent standard of living for all mankind.” Therefore, the issues that will be addressed using the $50,000,000 plus anonymous contribution will involve providing humanitarian aid to disaster torn areas in order improve the standard of living and preserve human dignity. This is the most important dilemma facing the international community today.

It can be easy to distinguish the difference between a hero, survivor, and a victim. In the article Haiti after the earthquake by Paul Farmer, it clearly shows who the main hero is in the article which is Farmer himself. Without his going out of his way to help every patient he could then many of the patients at the General Hospital wouldn’t have been able to survive. Although Farmer is the main person discussed helping people in the article, he wouldn’t be able to help as many people if he didn’t have the resources provided by the hospital or other people. There are many survivors of the earthquake, such as many residents. Although they were injured by the earthquake, they were not going to let that stop them from continuing to try to stay

It is known for a fact that Haiti suffers from an endless amount of natural hazards including: hurricanes, floods, droughts and earthquakes, which has a calamitous impact on Haiti’s development. Throughout history, Haiti has been suffering from these hazards on an extreme due to geographical problems, poverty, environmental degradation, poor building standards and social difficulties. As a result, buildings, infrastructure, families, crops and people are lost. Aside from the obvious consequences that natural disasters present, the secondary effects are just as dangerous. Earthquakes destroy infrastructure, therefore, hospitals and schools are destroyed resulting in a drastic stop in Haiti’s development. Natural hazards also destroy productive

Author in the paper "Preparedness explains some differences between Haiti and Nepal’s response to earthquake" has explained the basic differences in response to the earthquake between these two countries from this own observation.(1) While his observation speaks that Nepal was more prepared to withstand Earthquake of this strength in terms of better medical and civil infrastructure and better awareness about personal protective behavior, he failed to point out the role of civil society, non-governmental organization and community health workers in immediate relief and response.

Distressing natural disasters, such as hurricane Irma have devastated the world and caused loss of homes, as well as greatly affecting humanity. According to French Prime Minister, Edouard Philippe of St. Martin, “95 percent of the island’s houses had been damaged and 60 percent were uninhabitable. Earlier, France's interior minister said at least eight people had died.” This devastating hurricane is one of the many examples of how extreme natural disasters negatively impact the world and how dominant Mother Nature is over humanity.

Guatemala is known as one of the safest countries. Guatemala does not have many natural disasters and also

In the United States, people who live in poverty are already one of the most vulnerable populations and it is this population that is heavily impacted by public policy relating to natural disasters. Often, public policies relating to disaster preparedness and recovery are not discussed until after a natural disaster takes place which is too late to do any good for the people affected and who are devastated almost beyond comprehension. The role of government in disaster preparedness and recovery became a “hot button” issue especially after Hurricane Katrina when the federal and local governments seemed to protect/help those who already had resources and not those with little to no resources. According to a Gallup Poll by Jones & Carroll (2005), forty-nine percent of respondents said that FEMA was most helpful to them while thirty-one percent of respondents said that nothing was helpful to them during recovery from Hurricane Katrina. This information indicates that there is a gap in services disaster relief policies and programs that needs to be filled.

Actions taken to minimize adverse impact of disasters. These including structural measures like building of flood defences and non-structural measures like training etcetera. Public awareness related to disaster risk reduction, contribute in promoting a "culture of prevention" by changing attitudes. It revolves around civil institutions responsible to prevent disasters.

Given Malaysia's geographical location, most floods that occur are a natural result of cyclical monsoons during the local tropical wet season that are characterised by heavy and regular rainfall from roughly October to March. Inadequate drainage in many urban areas also enhance the effects of heavy rain, though efforts are underway to resolve this. Floods are regular natural disasters in Malaysia which happen nearly every year during the monsoon season the latest serious hit was in the east coast during end of 2014 and early 2015.With up to 200,000 peoples affected and 21 killed, it was described as the worst flood in decades. It also took more than a year for flood victims in certain states to recover and return to their normal lives. The geographical location of Malaysia makes it experience two monsoon seasons, the Southwest Monsoon and Northeast Monsoon. The monsoons bring more rain resulting in regular floods every year. Although flash flood only happens for a short amount of time, the damage done is very significant, there have already been three events of flash flood within the month. It happened in Klang, Shah Alam, and Teluk Bahang.

Bangladesh is a small South Asian country that boarders the Bay of Bengal and India. Bangladesh is a developing nation that has experienced steady economic growth over a sustained period of time. However, economic growth alone does not make a nation fully developed. Using W.W. Rostow’s 5 stages of development1, the economy of Bangladesh will be analyzed and compared to the economy of the United States of America (USA). The development of Bangladesh will be determined using relevant economic and social data found in the CIA World Fact Book and other sources.

Bangladesh has got a population of around 150 million (2011) with a life expectancy at birth of around 63 years, and an adult literacy rate of 47.5%. The recent Human Development