Collaborative Research: Bangladesh Delta: Assessment of the Causes of Sea-Level Rise Hazards and Integrated Development of Predictive Modeling Towards Mitigation and Adaptation

BanD-AID

Call

  • Coastal

Project Website

http://belmont-bandaid.org/

Principal Investigator

C. K. Shum, The Ohio State University, United States

Partners

Jurgen Kusche, University of Bonn, Germany Boris Braun, University of Cologne, Germany Fabrice Papa and Stephane Calmant, Observatoire Midi-Pyrenees, France J. Craig Jenkins, The Ohio State University, United States Faisal Hossain, Tennessee Technological University, United States Zahirul Khan, Institute of Water Modelling, India Michael Kuhn, Curtin University, Australia Raquib Ahmed, University of Rajshahi, India

Funders

  • ANR (The French National Research Agency), DFG (German Research Foundation), NSF (National Science Foundation)

Project Objective

Band-AID proposes to build a robust Belmont Challenge identified Earth System Analysis & Prediction System (ESAPS) for Bangladesh, to adapt/mitigate the detrimental hazards including sea-level rise.
Band-AID will quantify (1) causes of sea-level rise and land motion and their robust vertical datum link, and (2) human interactions that governs coastal vulnerability in Bangladesh. This knowledge will be used for the integrated development of a natural and social science framework employing robust predictive modelling towards the adaption of sea-level rise and other hazards in coastal Bangladesh.

Call Objective

The purpose of this call was to promote the development, comparison and transfer of coastal scientific approaches. The focus was on the vulnerability, resilience and adaptation options of coastal societal, managed and natural systems to multiple drivers.

Region

  • Asia

Country

  • Bangladesh

Duration

36 months

Call Date

2012

Project Award Date

2012