29/01/15

Rising above floods in Bangladesh

By: Naimul Haq

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						Adapting to increasingly frequent floods in Bangladesh, a deltaic country, may be as simple as raising the plinth level on which homesteads are built.   </div>
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						The plinths support cattle and subsistence farming, besides offering safety from floods in Bangladesh, a country that is among those deemed most vulnerable to climate change.</div>
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Adapting to increasingly frequent floods in Bangladesh, a deltaic country, may be as simple as raising the plinth level on which homesteads are built.

The plinths support cattle and subsistence farming, besides offering safety from floods in Bangladesh, a country that is among those deemed most vulnerable to climate change.