Cyclonic Storm Landfalls in Bangladesh, West Bengal and Odisha, 1877-2016 : A Spatiotemporal Analysis

Recurrent cyclonic storms in the Bay of Bengal inflict massive losses on the coastal regions of Bangladesh and India. Information on occurrences and severities of cyclones is necessary for understanding household and community responses to cyclone...

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Main Authors:	Bandyopadhyay, Sunando, Dasgupta, Susmita, Khan, Zahirul Huque, Wheeler, David
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:	NATURAL DISASTERS CYCLONE COASTAL REGION WEST BENGAL ODISHA VULNERABILITY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/904751516818659880/Cyclonic-storm-landfalls-in-Bangladesh-west-Bengal-and-Odisha-1877-2016-a-spatiotemporal-analysis http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29280

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spelling	okr-10986-292802021-06-08T14:42:48Z Cyclonic Storm Landfalls in Bangladesh, West Bengal and Odisha, 1877-2016 : A Spatiotemporal Analysis Bandyopadhyay, Sunando Dasgupta, Susmita Khan, Zahirul Huque Wheeler, David NATURAL DISASTERS CYCLONE COASTAL REGION WEST BENGAL ODISHA VULNERABILITY Recurrent cyclonic storms in the Bay of Bengal inflict massive losses on the coastal regions of Bangladesh and India. Information on occurrences and severities of cyclones is necessary for understanding household and community responses to cyclone risks. This paper constructs a georeferenced panel database that can be used to obtain such information for Bangladesh, West Bengal, and Odisha. Cyclone strike locations and impact zones are analyzed for several historical periods between 1877 and 2016. The findings indicate that although the median location has shifted eastward, there is a marked variability in location, especially after 1960. Impacts also have varied considerably within and across zones over time, with the highest-impact zones in northern Odisha and the Sundarbans region of West Bengal. The pronounced spatial and temporal variation in cyclone impacts will provide robust controls for comparative research on household and community adaptation to cyclones in the study region. The methodology developed in the paper is general and could be expanded to an arbitrarily large set of coastal locations. 2018-01-31T19:38:41Z 2018-01-31T19:38:41Z 2018-01 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/904751516818659880/Cyclonic-storm-landfalls-in-Bangladesh-west-Bengal-and-Odisha-1877-2016-a-spatiotemporal-analysis http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29280 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8316 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper South Asia Bangladesh
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spellingShingle	NATURAL DISASTERS CYCLONE COASTAL REGION WEST BENGAL ODISHA VULNERABILITY Bandyopadhyay, Sunando Dasgupta, Susmita Khan, Zahirul Huque Wheeler, David Cyclonic Storm Landfalls in Bangladesh, West Bengal and Odisha, 1877-2016 : A Spatiotemporal Analysis
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description	Recurrent cyclonic storms in the Bay of Bengal inflict massive losses on the coastal regions of Bangladesh and India. Information on occurrences and severities of cyclones is necessary for understanding household and community responses to cyclone risks. This paper constructs a georeferenced panel database that can be used to obtain such information for Bangladesh, West Bengal, and Odisha. Cyclone strike locations and impact zones are analyzed for several historical periods between 1877 and 2016. The findings indicate that although the median location has shifted eastward, there is a marked variability in location, especially after 1960. Impacts also have varied considerably within and across zones over time, with the highest-impact zones in northern Odisha and the Sundarbans region of West Bengal. The pronounced spatial and temporal variation in cyclone impacts will provide robust controls for comparative research on household and community adaptation to cyclones in the study region. The methodology developed in the paper is general and could be expanded to an arbitrarily large set of coastal locations.
format	Working Paper
author	Bandyopadhyay, Sunando Dasgupta, Susmita Khan, Zahirul Huque Wheeler, David
author_facet	Bandyopadhyay, Sunando Dasgupta, Susmita Khan, Zahirul Huque Wheeler, David
author_sort	Bandyopadhyay, Sunando
title	Cyclonic Storm Landfalls in Bangladesh, West Bengal and Odisha, 1877-2016 : A Spatiotemporal Analysis
title_short	Cyclonic Storm Landfalls in Bangladesh, West Bengal and Odisha, 1877-2016 : A Spatiotemporal Analysis
title_full	Cyclonic Storm Landfalls in Bangladesh, West Bengal and Odisha, 1877-2016 : A Spatiotemporal Analysis
title_fullStr	Cyclonic Storm Landfalls in Bangladesh, West Bengal and Odisha, 1877-2016 : A Spatiotemporal Analysis
title_full_unstemmed	Cyclonic Storm Landfalls in Bangladesh, West Bengal and Odisha, 1877-2016 : A Spatiotemporal Analysis
title_sort	cyclonic storm landfalls in bangladesh, west bengal and odisha, 1877-2016 : a spatiotemporal analysis
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2018
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/904751516818659880/Cyclonic-storm-landfalls-in-Bangladesh-west-Bengal-and-Odisha-1877-2016-a-spatiotemporal-analysis http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29280
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Cyclonic Storm Landfalls in Bangladesh, West Bengal and Odisha, 1877-2016 : A Spatiotemporal Analysis

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