Bangladesh Disaster-related Statistics (BDRS) 2020

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Md. Rafiqul IslamJoint Director

Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics Ministry of Planning

Asia-Pacific Stats Café Series “Geospatial Techniques for Mapping Population Exposure to Hazards”

Focus on

Bangladesh Disaster-related Statistics (BDRS) 2020

(Virtual Meeting, Date: 18 October 2021)

Bangladesh Disaster-related Statistics (BDRS) 2020 in brief

❖ Bangladesh is one of the world’s most disaster and climate vulnerable,at the same time most resilient countries, due to the frequent, regular,and devastating disasters

❖ If nothing is being done, Bangladesh will not be able to attain SDGstargets; and thus the need to keep strengthening disaster and climatemeasures

❖ In 2015, BBS conducted household survey to to measure: the householdcharacteristics, disaster-induced losses in key sectors, health conditions,status of vulnerable populations, disaster/ climate knowledge

❖ Salient Findings: Overall Disaster losses is 1.30% of GDP; Water-bornediseases affect up to 94.20% households, river and coastal erosioncaused 70% of land damage.

❖ Bangladesh already addressed many disaster / climate challenges, butthere are problems in mainstreaming into development, partly due to:complex accountability among agencies, lack focal points, lack technicalexpertise and gaps in disaster data.

❖ Therefore, the need to update the data through the BDRS 2020

The framework, variables, indicators, and sampling methodsrelatively stay the same

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Development of Environmental Statistics in Bangladesh

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❖Established “Environment, Climate Change & DisasterStatistics (ECDS) Cell;

❖Formed an “Inter-Ministerial Technical Working Committee”for producing “Environment, Climate Change and DisasterStatistics”;

❖Piloting of the Poverty Environment Accounts (PEA) 2017;

❖Pilot Survey on Sex, Age and Disability DisaggregatedData (SADDD) for DRR & CCA 2021

❖Publications:○ Bangladesh Disaster-related Statistics 2015: Climate

Change and Natural Disaster Perspectives;○ DRSF UNESCAP study with Fiji, Indonesia, the Philippines;○ Published “Bangladesh Environmental Statistics

Framework (BESF) 2016-2030”

○ “Compilation of Bangladesh Environmental Statistics2017 & 2020” under BESF 2016-2030; &

○ Integrating Gender and Social Inclusion in Environment,Climate Change and Disaster-related Statistics 2020.

Strengthening Environmental Statistics in Bangladesh

The Main Objective: to generate environment, natural resources, bio-diversity, climate change anddisaster-relatedstatistics for institutionalizationof environmentalstatisticsunder ECDSProject, BBS

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:

1) To conduct the climate change and natural disaster-related statistical survey to monitor the impacts of climate change and disastrous events (BDRS 2020);

2) To develop natural resource accounts/statistics [Experimental Eco-system Accounts (EEA)] align with “System of Environmental Economic Accounting (SEEA)” and BESF 2016-2030.

3) To conduct Environmental Protection Expenditure and Waste Management Survey.

4) To assess the damage and loss of agricultural production, equipment/machineries, land and soil, residence, infrastructure etc. due to climate change and natural disaster;

5) To assess or measure the affected population with area, deaths and missing population due to climate change and natural disasters with multi-sectoral GIS integration; and

6) To collect and compile data and information from secondary sources of the “Compilation of Bangladesh Environmental Statistics 2020 & 2023.

The BDRS 2020 and SDGs Indicators:

■ Directly: 08 and Partially: 11 Indicators as Data Source of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs);Fulfill the 4 Targets of the SFDRR, as Data Source and the ECDS Project is providing guidance and training on SDG’s EnvData to Ministries/ Divisions/org. and members of the NDCC Sub-committee

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Access to Safe WaterWater and sanitation are a gendered issue with men and women having different needs and roles to play

Use of shelters/ ResidenceWho is using safe spaces and shelters during times of disaster

Impact on Employment, Education & HealthDisaggregated data on the extent that disasters and climate change are impacting livelihoods, education & Health-Sanitation outcomes

Loss and damage to dwellingsMeasure economic loss by sex, age and disability for more targeted compensation

Vulnerability AssessmentWhere the population are situated and who are the more vulnerable

Loss of Life & LivelihoodSex, Age and Disability disaggregated data on people who have lost their lives & Livelihoods

Priority issues for disaggregated data of BDRS 2020

Upgradation of BDRS 2020

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The New Features of BDRS 2020Questionnaire:

⮚ Aligned with SDGs, SFDRR, Nat. Five Year Planand Other Successive Plans;

⮚ Based on UNESCAP’ DRSF and, BangladeshDisaster Management Act 2012 and StandingOrder on Disaster (SOD) 2019;

⮚ Added new elements:

• a) Deaths b) Injured c) Disabilities d) Missinge) Climate Induces Migration f) unemploymentg) Gender Integration

h) GIS Integration etc.; and

⮚ Used Mobile and Web Application with MDMSoftware for data collection.

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Timeline of Data Collection, Analysis, Report Writing of BDRS 2020

Data Collection: 21 May-23 June 2021

Data Processing: 01 July-31 August 2021

Data Tabulating: 01 September-15 October 2021

Data Analyzing: 16 October-30 November 2021

Sharing Key Findings: 01 20 December 2021

Report Writing: 01 December 2021-30 March 2022

Report Sharing: April-May 2022

Preparation and Integration of GIS data of Disaster Statistics and Development of Web Application

Objectives of GIS Integration:Integration of GIS data of Environment, Climate Change and Natural Disaster. Development of user-friendly Android responsive Web application using open-source software.

Major Thematic AreasAdministrative

Environment and Natural Resources

Climate and Climate Change

Hazard and Natural Disaster

Eco-system and Biodiversity

Demographic and Socio-Economic

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Preparation and Integration of GIS Database for Bangladesh

MySQL for Bangladesh PostgreSQL SQL Server OracleOpen Source and cost free Both commercial and open-

source versionCostly Highly Cost

Easily Manageable Complex than MySQL Complex than MySQL Complex than MySQLSecure Secure Secure More Secure

High Performance High Performance High Performance High Performance

Leaflet for Bangladesh Map box ArcGISIt's open source and free to use Costly More Expensive

Easy-to-use and light-weight library System is too complex for simple projects or maps

Heavy Software

Well structured and user friendly Well structured and user friendly Well structured and user friendlyMany features with less functionality Many features with less functionality Many features with many functionality

1. GIS Database

2. Map Tools

BBS in partnership with the Center for Environmental and Geographic InformationServices (CEGIS) is going to establish a GIS for Bangladesh within June 2022

Proposed of Bangladesh GIS Database

Proposed Platform

Cross-Platform

Open Source

More Secure

High Performance and Flexibility

Large Community as a result the News Bugs

are resolved very quickly

Supports a Wide Range of Application Types

Cost Effective as its an open-source Framework

Mature Framework and Widely Used

Programming Languages

Main Features of Web Application

Metadata Viewer

Tabular Data Viewer

Map Viewer

Document Viewer

Admin Panel

Sub-Admin Panel for Designated Focal Points

Analytics Tool

Linkage to QGIS for Desktop Version

Integration with Socio-economic and

Demographic Data

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Difference between QGIS and WebGIS

QGIS for Personal Computer Web GIS for BangladeshA Free and Open Source Geographic InformationSystem Software.

WebGIS is a great medium to publish GIS data to weband make it accessible and to empower thestakeholders.

Anyone with a personal computer or laptop canuse QGIS before installing the software.

Anyone can access GIS data and Map through internetwithout GIS skill. WebGIS manages different level ofsecurity.

QGIS is a GIS Application Software where wecan do various work in GIS, i.e View data,Explore data, Create, edit, manage, export,compose maps, Analyze data and Publish mapson the Internet.

WebGIS is an application that maintain the centralizedGIS database system and where we can view spatialdata, tabular data, pdf with exploring all dataset,superimpose Google map, export data and preparecustomized map without installing any GIS software.

In BBS, ECDS Project is going to prepare the Web GIS using all open source platform for webapplication development.

a) ASP.NET Core (For Application), b) MYSQL (For Database), c) Leaflet JS (For MapRepresentation), d) Flutter (For Mobile Application) etc.

Way Forward

❖ Coordinating (complex accountability) among BBS and Other relevantMinistries/ Departments/ Agencies/ Organizations;

❖ Significant Gaps in obtaining and reporting Bangladesh Disaster-relatedStatistics with Spatial Database (GIS);

❖ Disaster-related Statistical dimension of SDGs will require greater attention,including Regional and International Platform;

❖Opportunities for strengthening production and reporting of Disaster-relatedStatistics of Bangladesh Collaboration with DPs/ UN Agencies; and

❖ Arranging the Capacity Building Training on Geospatial Techniques andDatabase for Mapping Population Exposure to Different types of Hazard/Multi-Hazards by UNESCAP

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Md. Rafiqul IslamJoint Director

Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS)Email: [email protected], [email protected]

Cell Phone: +8801712-141750Website: www.bbs.gov.bd