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Volume 8, Issue 10 (Suppl)
J Earth Sci Clim Change, an open access
ISSN: 2157-7617
Climate Change 2017
October 19-21, 2017
CLIMATE CHANGE
October 19-21, 2017 | Rome, Italy
4
th
World Conference on
Live with the flow: Issues and interventions in ecologically responsive design approach for coastal
areas in Bangladesh
Simita Roy
University of Asia Pacific, Bangladesh
T
he coastal region of Bangladesh covers almost about 20% of the country and more than 30% of the cultivable lands of
the country. The major problem faced by the coastal region is undeniable and unequivocal climate change which leads to
permanent inundation, drainage congestion, salinity intrusion and frequent storm surge inundation. About 53% of the coastal
areas of Bangladesh are affected by salinity. The agricultural production of these areas is much lower than the other areas of
Bangladesh. Shyamnagar upazilla, Satkhira, is one of the vulnerable coastal areas to the climate change, which was severely
affected during the cyclone Aila, 2009. This paper is based on field observations and design thinking in creating a symbiotic
relationship between the built environment and the community aiming towards resilience in the context of a changing climate.
Discussions regarding design approaches in making a community self-resilient in an ecologically responsive way will be
presented by focusing on four issues - cyclone, salinity intrusion, climate change and decreasing rate of mangrove. To achieve
the expected result the basis was ‘Function Follows Flow’. Primary data and secondary data have used to understand all kinds of
flows such as ‘flow of water’, ‘flow of wind’ in and around the site. The expected result of this research will give a vision to make
a vulnerable indigenous community self-resilient in an ecologically responsive way in case of climate change.
Biography
Simita Roy, has completed her BArch from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in 2016. Currently, she is working as Lecturer in
University of Asia Pacific (UAP), Dhaka, Bangladesh. Her field of interest is climate change and how architecture can help to mitigate the impact of climate change.
She has done a primary research on making a vulnerable indigenous community self-resilient in an ecologically responsive way in case of climate change, which
was done as her final year thesis of BArch program.
simita@uap-bd.eduSimita Roy, J Earth Sci Clim Change 2017, 8:10(Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2157-7617-C1-036