Cyclones in Bangladesh: A History of Mismanagement

Cyclones in Bangladesh: A History of Mismanagement

The 1991 cyclone in Bangladesh not only exposed the previous government's criminal negligence of protective measures against cyclones but also drew attention to its failure to institute land reforms, which has resulted in the poor and landless becoming the worst victims of these periodic disast...

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Veröffentlicht in:Economic and political weekly 1992-02, Vol.27 (7), p.327-329
1. Verfasser: Custers, Peter
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Bank loans
Bourgeois
Commentary
Cyclones
Disasters
Embankments
Flood damage
Floods
Military preparedness
Peasant class
Shelters
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Zusammenfassung:The 1991 cyclone in Bangladesh not only exposed the previous government's criminal negligence of protective measures against cyclones but also drew attention to its failure to institute land reforms, which has resulted in the poor and landless becoming the worst victims of these periodic disasters.
ISSN:0012-9976
2349-8846