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Debanjali Saha

Assistant Professor| Institute of Water and Flood Management

Bangladesh University Of Engineering and Technology

debanjalisaha@iwfm.buet.ac.bd; debanjalibuet@gmail.com

Profile Last Updated: May 5, 2018

EDUCATION

  • B.Sc. Engg. (Water Resources Engineering)

    Department of Water Resources Engineering, BUET [2013]

  • M.Sc. (Water Resources Development)

    Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), BUET [2016]

  • Ph.D. (Civil Engineering)

    Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Tokyo [2023]

RESEARCH INTEREST

  • Agricultural water management, Crop modeling, Climate change and its impact, Flood damage assessment and monitoring, River hydrology and flow analysis, Disaster management and vulnerability analysis, Integrated water resources management, Climate change adaptation, Gender and water, Hydrological modeling

EXPERIENCE

  • Lecturer

    Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM)

    Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)

    February 2015 - July 2018

  • Assistant Professor

    Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM)

    Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)

    August 2018 - to date

  • Visiting Associate Research Fellow

    Kazuo Oki Lab, Department of Civil Engineering

    The University of Tokyo

    April 2023 to May 2023

PUBLICATIONS

  • Impact of Paddy Field Reservoirs on Flood Management in a Large River Basin of Japan

    Sustainability 2023, Volume 15, Issue 8, pg: 6604. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su15086604

    Saha, D., Oki, K., Yoshida, K., Hanasaki, N. and Kamiya, H.

    https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/15/8/6604

    Area: Disaster management through Hydrological modeling

    Timeline: 2023

  • Gender Vulnerability Assessment due to Flood in Northern Part of Bangladesh (A Case Study on 2017 Flood)

    Rabeya Sultana Leya, Debanjali Saha, Sujit Kumar Bala, Hamidul Huq

    Haque A., Chowdhury A. (eds) Water, Flood Management and Water Security Under a Changing Climate, Springer, Cham. (doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47786-8_17, ISBN: 978-3-030-47786-8), pp: 235-249

    https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-030-47786-8_17

    Area: DRR planning and gender mainstreaming

    Timeline: 2020

  • Adaptation in the Coastal Regions of Bangladesh

    Selim S. A., Furlong, B. T. and Ahmed, M. (eds) Resilience in Action: Challenges and Solutions to Climate Change in Bangladesh

    Hussain, M. S. S. and Saha, D.

    http://www.uplbooks.com/book/resilience-action-challenges-and-solutions-climate-change-bangladesh

    Area: Climate Change Adaptation

    Timeline: 2019

  • Improving Practice of Flood Shelter Implementation in Alluvial River Floodplain With Hydro-Morphological Analysis

    International Journal of Disaster Response and Emergency Management (IJDREM), Volume 2, Issue 2, (DOI: 10.4018/IJDREM.2019070103), pp. 35-50.

    Haque, S., Saha, D. and Mondal, M.S.

    https://www.igi-global.com/gateway/article/240786#pnlRecommendationForm

    Area: Flood Disaster Management

    Timeline: 2019

  • Agricultural Adaptation Practices to Climate Change Impacts in Coastal Bangladesh

    Huq S., Chow J., Fenton A., Stott C., Taub J., Wright H. (eds) Confronting Climate Change in Bangladesh. The Anthropocene: Politik—Economics—Society—Science, vol 28. Springer, Cham (2019), (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05237-9_2, ISBN: 978-3-030-05236-2), pp: 7-21

    Mondal, M.S., Islam, M.T., Saha, D., Hossain, M.S.S., Das, P.K. and Rahman, R.

    https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-05237-9_2

    Area: Climate Change Adaptation

    Timeline: 2019

  • Mapping of Climate Vulnerability of the Coastal Region of Bangladesh Using Principal Component Analysis

    Applied Geography, Volume: 102 (2019) (DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2018.12.011) pp: 47-57

    Uddin, M.N., Islam, A.S., Bala, S.K., Islam, G.T., Adhikary, S., Saha, D., Haque, S., Fahad, M.G.R. and Akter, R.

    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0143622818302170

    Area: Climate Vulnerability Mapping

    Timeline: 2019

  • Adaptations to Climate Change in Bangladesh: Development of a National Inventory

    Leal Filho, W. (ed.) Climate Change Research at Universities: Addressing the Mitigation and Adaptation Challenges, Cham: Springer International Publishing (2017), (DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-58214-6_11, ISBN: 978-3-319-58213-9), pp. 175-189

    Saha, D., Hossain, M. A., Hossain, M. S. S., Mondal, M. S. and Rahman, R.

    https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-58214-6_11

    Area: Climate change adaptation

    Timeline: 2017

  • Major Infrastructural Adaptations in Coastal Areas of Bangladesh Considering Cyclone and Tidal Flood

    Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Water and Flood Management (ICWFM 2017), 4-5 March 2017, Dhaka, Bangladesh (ISBN: 978-984-34-2207-1), pp 285-294

    Hossain, M. S. S and Saha, D.

    Area: Climate change adaptation

    Timeline: 2017

  • Agricultural Adaptation Practices in Coastal Bangladesh: Response to Climate Change Impacts

    Journal of Modern Science and Technology, Volume 4, Issue 1 (2016) (ISSN: 2201-6686), pp. 63-74

    Saha, D, Hossain, M. S. S., Mondal, M. S. and Rahman, R.

    http://www.jmstpapers.com/static/documents/September/2016/7.%20Debanjali.pdf

    Area: Climate change adaptation

    Timeline: 2016

  • Assessing the Impact of Climate Change on Sunflower Yield Using the AquaCrop Model

    Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Civil Engineering for Sustainable Development (ICCESD 2016), 12~14 February 2016, KUET, Khulna, Bangladesh (ISBN: 978-984-34-0265-3), pp 457-468

    Saha, D. and Mondal, M. S.

    Area: Crop modeling

    Timeline: 2016

  • Local Adaptation Practices in Response to a Super Cyclone in the Coastal Region of Bangladesh

    Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Civil Engineering for Sustainable Development (ICCESD 2016), 12~14 February 2016, KUET, Khulna, Bangladesh (ISBN: 978-984-34-0265-3), pp 15-23

    Kibria, M. G., Khan, M. S. A. and Saha, D.

    Area: Disaster risk management

    Timeline: 2016

  • Achieving Food Security in Storm-surge Prone Coastal Polders of South-west Bangladesh

    South Asian Water Studies (SAWAS) Journal, Volume 5, Issue 1 (2015), pp. 26-43

    Kibria, M. G., Saha, D., Kabir, T., Naher, T., Maliha, S. and Mondal, M. S.

    http://www.sawasjournal.org/files/v5i12015/Sawas_Journal_final_8th_June.pdf

    Area: Disaster risk management

    Timeline: 2015

  • Assessment of the Changes of Climate in Bangladesh Using Geo-spatial Interpolation of Climatic Variables

    Proceedings of the International Conference on Climate Change in relation to Water and Environment (I3CWE-2015), 9-11 April 2015, DUET, Gazipur, Bangladesh (ISBN: 978-984-33-9066-0), pp 95-102

    Saha, D. and Saiful, A.K.M.

    Area: Remote sensing and GIS

    Timeline: 2015

  • Simulation of Boro Rice Yield in South-west Coastal Bangladesh Using the AquaCrop Model

    Proceedings of 5th International Conference on Water and Flood Management (ICWFM-2015), 6-7 March 2015, Dhaka, Bangladesh (ISBN: 978-984-33-8801-8), pp 81-88

    Saha, D. and Mondal, M. S.

    Area: Crop Modeling

    Timeline: 2015

  • Analysis of Severe Flood and Cyclone Events in Bangladesh Using Hazard Impact Coordinate System

    Proceedings of 5th International Conference on Water and Flood Management (ICWFM-2015), 6-7 March 2015, Dhaka, Bangladesh (ISBN: 978-984-33-8801-8), pp 111-118

    Saha, D. and Akhter, F.

    Area: Disaster risk management

    Timeline: 2015