Evacuation Preparation Scenarios of Households during Early and Emergency Evacuation: A Case Study of Cyclone Bulbul in Southwestern Coastal Bangladesh (original) (raw)
Bangladesh is one of the most disaster-prone countries worldwide. Every year, the country sees a small- or large-scale disaster, with past disaster history showing that cyclones have been a major phenomenon. Cyclone Bulbul made landfall on the southwestern coast of Bangladesh on November 10, 2019, with an average storm surge height of 1.0 to 1.5 meters—resulting in the inundation of low-lying areas in 14 coastal districts. This study conducted a questionnaire survey of 413 households in Gabura, a union under Shyamnagar Upazila of Satkhira District, from mid-February to mid-March 2020 to investigate respondents’ evacuation experience during Cyclone Bulbul. The questionnaire survey comprised both qualitative and quantitative approaches that analyzed disaster preparedness level, successful evacuation scenarios, and early evacuation decisions and their implementation in Gabura Union during Cyclone Bulbul. The survey results revealed that approximately 55% of the respondents evacuated du...
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