The document discusses Bangladesh's experience with disability inclusion in disaster risk reduction. It provides background information on Bangladesh such as its population, density, poverty levels, and frequency of natural disasters like floods, cyclones, and landslides. It then outlines vulnerabilities persons with disabilities face during disasters including socioeconomic factors, physical barriers, lack of accessible early warning systems and emergency response, and invisibility in relief efforts. The Center for Disability in Development in Bangladesh aims to promote inclusion of persons with disabilities in disaster risk reduction.

1. CDD’s experience from
Bangladesh
Disability Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction
Centre for Disability in Development (CDD)

2. Bangladesh
 Area - 147,570 squire meter
 Population (2009) - 164.4
million (estimated)
 Density – 1099.3 squire meter
 Per Capita Income 641 US$
(2010)
 Main livelihood – Agriculture
 Landless – 44.35% (2001
census)
 Main Rivers - 232
 Poverty – 40% (2005 household
survey)
 Literacy – 53.5% (2007 Human
Development Report- UNDP)

3. Common Natural Disaster in
Bangladesh

4. Disasters and Bangladesh
 According to Global Assessment
Report 2009 Bangladesh is 3rd
amongst 162 countries regarding
Economic Exposure to disaster
 1st of 162 countries regarding
number of people exposed in hazard
zone

5. Continued …..

6. Few natural disasters in
Bangladesh
No. Affected Crops damaged No. of House No. of Dead No. of Dead
Year DISASTER
People Fully (Acre) damage Fully People Livestock
1986 FLOOD/ERROSION 6715734 990573 196803 57 42374
1987 FLOOD/ERROSION 24823376 2983362 71572 1470 370129
1995 FLOOD/ERROSION 5806950 598808 79725 56 41816
1995 FLOOD/ERROSION 4007310 855585 474707 53 2063
1996 FLOOD/ERROSION 8106988 404456 218275 76 47946
1997 FLOOD/ERROSION 5008868 167586 13252 125 4726
1970 CYCLONE 1100000 470000 -
1988 CYCLONE 1006536 2316042 788715 9590 386766
1989 CYCLONE 346087 38712 12173 573 2065
1990 CYCLONE 1015866 171099 75085 132 5326
1991 CYCLONE 121229 11760 34791 76 25
1991 CYCLONE 13798275 133272 819608 138882 1061029
2007 LANDSLIDE 127
2007 FLOOD/ERROSION 13343802 890898 81817 970 1,459
2007 CYCLONE (SIDR) 8923259 743322 564967 3363 1778507
2009 CYCLONE (Aila) 3928238 77486 243191 190 150131

7. Vulnerabilities of community &
persons with disabilities

8. Socio-economic conditions

9. Physical environment
 Existing environment
 Difficult to cope when environment and
support system is dramatically altered

10. Information and
communication:
 Inaccessible Early Warning System
 Reliance on others (i.e. family members, caregivers,
neighbours, volunteers, rescue & emergency
workers, etc)
 Lack of information about persons with disabilities
as they are not included in Capacity and Risk
Assessment system.

11. Emergency Response
 Invisible in emergency registration system.
 Need of persons with disabilities are not
considered in relief mechanism.
 They tend to be invisible during disasters.
 Rescue and evacuation systems are not disability
inclusive

12. Cyclone SIDR 2007 - many of the
worst affected areas were cut off,
complicating relief efforts.
Roads were blocked with debris
and power and phone lines down.
Photo: WFP/Photo library
Photo Source: http://concernbd.blogspot.com/2007/08/relief-distribution-on-august-2007-in.html