Abstract
Bangladesh is located geographically in a vulnerable location. Every year different types of natural disasters like cyclone, flood, Nor'wester, tornado, storm surge, salinity, drought, river erosion, river bed siltation, land slide, etc. visit in our country. Cyclone is a very common phenomenon in our country. Cyclone shelter is the haven place for the coastal people during the cyclonic event. There are various types of cyclone shelters in the coastal areas of Bangladesh. The overall aim of the research is to identify the best types of cyclone shelters for better shelter management. A total of ten types of cyclone shelters are considered to conduct this research work. The qualitative and quantitative data were analyzed. A priority index matrix is made to identify the best types of cyclone shelters. Different types of data were analyzed viz. access road conditions, enter and exit facilities, physical elements of the cyclone shelters. From the data analysis, it is identified that type 6 cyclone shelter is the best pattern among ten cyclone shelters. This research finds out some weaknesses of the current shelter management practices like a warning signal, poor condition of the shelter, relief work-related problem, electricity, drinking water, and limited logistic support. Finally, the research also made some recommendations for new builds, existing, and institutional arrangements of cyclone shelters that may help to improve the future establishment of cyclone shelters in coastal areas of Bangladesh. So, the identified better pattern of cyclone shelter will improve the emergency management system by providing better shelter management facilities during an emergency situation of any cyclonic event.
Highlights
Bangladesh is the most disaster-prone countries in the world (Ali, 1996)
Various types of structure have been constructed by a number of organizations, which are served as cyclone shelter
It is identified that type 6 cyclone shelter is the best type of cyclone shelter
Summary
Bangladesh is the most disaster-prone countries in the world (Ali, 1996). The geographical location, the geological setting of the country and tropical monsoon climate modify and regulate the climatic conditions and make the country more vulnerable to natural disasters (As-Salek, 1998). UniversePG l www.universepg.com types of natural calamities occur in Bangladesh and destroy many lives and resources of people (Wisner et al, 2014). Disasters such as floods, river bank erosion, cyclone, tornado, water logging, salinity intrusion, etc. In the 1990s a major program was undertaken and cyclone shelters were built in the coastal areas. Multipurpose cyclone shelters were built mainly after the cyclone of 1991 (Ahamed, 2011). These cyclone shelters provide shelter to the coastal community and help a lot to reduce the number of casualty in the coastal areas during cyclone. Standard shelters are designed to provide basic services to support a normal life by ensuring the security, privacy, and dignity of the affected people (Bagchi et al, 2019; and Uddin et al, 2018)
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