DSMHT 403: Climate Modelling and Adaptation

Semester: April-September 2017

**  Last updated on 9 May 2017 at 02:30 BST

1. Instructor:

Dr. A.K.M. Saiful Islam

Professor
Institute of Water and Flood Management
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
Email: akmsaifulislam@iwfm.buet.ac.bd
Gmail: saiful3@gmail.com
Phone: 880-2-9664640-44 PABX 7923
Web: http://teacher.buet.ac.bd/akmsaifulislam/

  


2. Class Hours:

 Tuesday  from 3:00p.m. to 5:00p.m, Room #323,Dept. of Disaster, Dhaka University.


3. Syllabus:

  • 1. Introducing Climate Modeling, Types of Climate Models: Energy Balance Climate Model, One dimensional Radiative- convective Climate Model, and Dimensionally Constrained Climate model, General Circulation Models, Paleoclimatic Model, and Projections of Future Climate Change.

  • 2. Processes of Climatic Model Development, Sensitivity of Climate Model & Model Evaluation.

  • 3. Types of adaptation to climate change: anticipatory and reactive.

  • 4. Adaptation characteristics and processes: Components and Forms of adaptation, Climate Stimuli for Adaptation, Adaptation Types and Forms, Systems, Scales, and Actor, Processes and Evaluation of Adaptation

  • 5. Technologies & Options for Adaptation: adaptation in coastal zones, adaptation technologies for water supplies, adaptation options for agriculture, adaptation options for health, infrastructure technologies for adaptation

  • 6. Adaptive Capacity and its Determinants: Economic Resources, Technologies, Information and skills, Infrastructure, Institution, Equity. Enhancing Adaptive Capacity.

  • 7. Climate Change Adaptation Options in Bangladesh, NAPA, Endowed Knowledge Inclusion in Adaptation.
     

5. Grading Policy (subject to change):

  • Class Assessment and Term Paper =25%

  • Attendance = 5% 

  • Final Exam = 70%


6. Lecture Topics:


7. Term Paper:

  •  Guideline: Students are advise to select a topic relevant to their profession.

  • Report: 10 page report written in Ms Word, due on Last week. Report should contain - introduction to the problem, methodology, results, conclusion.

  • Presentation: Each group will present their study at the end of the semester


Topics of Term Papers

GROUP

GROUP MEMBERS (Roll)

TOPIC

01

1,8

Flash Floods in Bangladesh

02

2,25

Policies to achieve SDG considering climate change impact

03

3,16

Droughts in Bangladesh

04

5,13

Urban Flood: A New Threat In Mega cities

05

6,17

Sea Level Rise: An Indication of Climate and Global Change

06

7,10

Flood Scenarios for Bangladesh

07

9,32

Observed Changes of Cyclone and Storm Surge Due To Climate Change On Bangladesh Context

08

12,21

Ground Water Table Depletion in Bangladesh

09

18,33

Air Pollution: An Emerging Threat to City Life

10

19,29

Climate Change Projection Based on Rainfall and Temperature

11

22

Salinity Intrusion In Coastal Area of Bangladesh

12

28,35

ENSO: How It Relates with Natural Calamities And Climate Change

13

30,34

Climate Change and Future of Forestry and Ecosystem

14

11,24

Impact of River Bank Erosion on Bangladesh


8. Software:

Required

Advance (optional)

 

9. References:

Last updated on 9 May 2017