Assessment of Sea Level Rise and Vulnerability in the Coastal Zone of Bangladesh through Trend Analysis

BUET-IWFM

COMPLETED RESEARCH

Assessment of Sea Level Rise and Vulnerability in the Coastal Zone of Bangladesh through Trend Analysis

Research Funding: Department of Environment (DoE), Bangladesh

Collaboration: Center for Environmental and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS); Institute of Water Modelling (IWM) and Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), BUET

This project was conducted by the Climate Change Cell of Department of Environment (DoE) with technical support from Center for Environmental and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS), Institute of Water Modelling (IWM) and IWFM. This study focused on the trend analysis of the tidal water level to visualize the historical change of sea level rise along the coast of Bangladesh. The results were summarized for the three deltaic zones in the coastal area.