Mustafa Saroar (Bangladesh)
Khulna University of Engineering & Technology (KUET)
Urban and Regional Planning
Prof. Mustafa Saroar lectures on Sustainable Urban Management at Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET), Bangladesh. He did PhD from the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok & Norwegian University of Science & Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway (As an exchange Norwegian Government/MFA Scholar). He holds an MSc from the Technical University of Dortmund, Germany (as a German Government/DAAD Scholar). Prof Saroar worked for many institutions including Unicef, UNDP, USAID, FAO, WHO, GIZ, RVO, and CGIAR institutions. He has published more than 30 peer-reviewed papers from leading publishers including Springer, Elsevier, T&F, Wily & Sons, and Emerald. He is currently Associate Editor of several Web of Science/Scopus Indexed Journals of leading publishes. He has presented as a keynote/plenary/invited speaker at more than 30 high-impact international conferences held in North America, Europe, Oceania, Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Prof Saroar is very often invited as an expert panel discussant on issues of Urban Sustainability by government agencies, international organizations, and industry.

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INTEGRATING DRR FOR CITY RESILIENCE: LESSONS LEARNED FROM COASTAL KHULNA CITY IN BANGLADESH

Session Name
0240 - Academic Sessions - Resilient 03: Resilient coastal landscapes, urban deltas ports (ID 54)
Session Type
Academic Sessions
Date
02/23/2022
Session Time
09:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Room

Hall C

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Lecture Time
09:30 AM - 09:40 AM

Abstract

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Numerous studies have made a strong assertion that Khulna city in Bangladesh- a member of the global 100 Resilient Cities initiatives would be at greater risk due to climate change. To make Khulna city resilient, the initiatives that are implemented and underway are aligned with the Dutch Government-assisted Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100. Common apprehension is Khulna city Master Plans and other water-infrastructure projects have done little to make the city resilient, yet there exists little empirical basis; no study is found to systematically examine the connection among integration of DRR in city planning, designing of water-infrastructure projects and city resilience. This research would fill this gap in knowledge in three ways. First, it would document, classify, and identify a general framework of the use of DRR components in the Khulna city Master Plans and water infrastructure projects; second, it would examine the connections among levels of integration of DRR components and city’s vulnerability (measured through exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity). Finally, it would identify the challenges of integration of DRR in City Master Plans and water infrastructure projects. This research heavily draws on the review of the first and second master plan and about half a dozen of water infrastructure projects in Khulna city. The annotated version of the stakeholder consultations that this authors’ team did for the Resilient and inclusive urban development (RIUD) project, Water as Leverage Project, Urban Management of Internal Migration due to Climate Change project and Climate Change Adapted Urban Development Programme (CCAUD) in Khulna city are also analyzed. The finding of the research would be very fascinating at least for three reasons. First, it would provide a comprehensive collection and synthesis of patterns of the use of DRR components in Khulna city; second, it would offer new insight into our current understanding about the nexus between the integration of DRR and the city resilience; and third, it would provide an empirical basis for informed policy choice regarding the prioritization of DRR components for making city safe, resilient and sustainable.

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