Perspectives from the dry season interactions between river activity, sedimentation, waterlogging, floods and water control structures [in Bangladesh]
1992
Adnan, S.
This paper is concerned with discussing the somewhat ignored perspectives on the interrelationship between river activity, sedimentation, waterlogging, floods, and water control structures which emerge from a look at the dry season. The evidence used for this purpose comes mostly from the period November, 1990, to April, 1991, which roughly corresponds to winter and spring in Bangladesh. An attempt is made to interrelate the distinct patterns characterizing the dry and wet seasons of the year, to arrive at an integrated overview of the annual cycle. The paper is laid out as follows. Assessment of the patterns of river activity, sedimentation, waterlogging and floods during the dry season is followed by a look at their major social, economic, demographic and environmental consequences. The role of various institutional, structural and management factors, as well as malpractices related to various water control structures and management factors, are taken up next. Public discussions and press reactions on these phenomena are reviewed to assess the level of public information and awareness on these issues vital to the economy and environment of Bangladesh. Some concluding remarks and policy implications are drawn out in the context of these perspectives from the dry season.
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