The instructions for the first 1/3 of the paper is this: "A. You will go to standard online references such as the United Nations Economic and Social
Development site (http://www.un.org/esa/) and the Central Intelligence Agency’s World
Factbook (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/) to gather background
information on the economy and social structure of this country. (approx. 1/3 of the paper) "
My research paper is titled "Climate Change’s Impacts on the Bangladeshi People". The first part of my paper isn’t quite 1/3 of the paper, I’d be happy with just one page. I don’t know what else to add with the above requirememnts for this first part to make it longer. Here’s what I have so far:
"Bangladesh is situated in Southern Asia between Burma and India. It is a relatively young country who gained independence from West Pakistan in 1971 and its people are still struggling to build the country. It borders the Bay of Bengal and is on deltas of many large rivers. It is tropical with a normal 30-70% of the country flooded each year during the monsoon season. The population is greatly at risk from natural disasters as the country is densely populated with a estimated 156 million people in 144,000 sq km. Comparatively, the country is a little smaller than Iowa. This high population density increases the people’s vulnerability to climate change because the opportunity for migration within Bangladesh is limited. Since much of the population lives in poverty, the average life expectancy is 60 years. They face droughts, cyclones, waterborne diseases, deforestation, coastal erosion, back water effect, malaria, rabies and avian influenza. Bangladesh is highly vulnerable to the affects of global climate change because it is mostly flat and low-lying and has low economic development. Its economy depends on agriculture and natural resources that are greatly put at risk by natural disasters. 45% of the population is estimated to be below the poverty line and that percentage will only increase as flooding and severe weather continue to threaten the country’s major industries. The farming community produces tea, sugar, rice, potatoes, tobacco, spices and fruit. Many farming family’s livelihoods are at risk and many are all ready suffering."
Right now I’m just worried about content, not grammar or citations yet. I’d appreciate it if someone could give me a few ideas on how to lengthen this first part. Thanks in advance!
Hi I’m from Bangladesh. I wish I could have contributed in your research paper on "Climate Change’s Impacts on the Bangladeshi People".
All I can recall is that there were clearly ‘felt’ seasons in the past, like Winter (Dec-Feb), Summer (Mar-May), Monsoon (June-Sep) and Autumn (Oct-Nov). In these days of post-climate times the seasons seem to have overlapped a bit. We can see raining during winter times and also floods occurring at ‘odd-times’ or at regular basis, instead of some decade long spacings (frequency) of the past.
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In recent times climate change is resulting in gradual sea level rise, repetitive disasters such as cyclone, flood, land slide, river erosion are also increasing. Now Bangladesh has floods two times a year. A data shows that- ‘over the next 40 years, 17 percent of the land will be lost to the sea resulting 20 million climate refugees because of climate change’. With a very high density of river systems, large parts of Bangladesh remain submerged during five months of monsoon so that millions of people living in river basins lack basic facilities since development have been concentrated around paved roads. Issues like this need local solution by the local people. So inspired by the lifestyle of the Bede community we realized that the rivers do not have to be barriers to development rather they can be communication channels where services will be taken to the people by boats. So an attempt was made to transform the waterways into path ways for education, information and technology and in the process adopt and mitigate climate changes. We believe that it is possible to deal with this climate change, and at the same time, to lift people out of poverty. Thus in the macro level we hope to initiate sustainable water way development which will be adaptive to the present climate crisis.
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Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha realized that the rivers do not have to be barriers to information, they can be communication channels. Shidhulai is working to improve quality of life in flood prone areas by taking services to the people by boats.
Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha, a non-profit organization, is working to improve quality of life in northern Bangladesh watersheds by taking services to the people by boats. These services include children’s education, libraries, training on sustainable agriculture, healthcare, adaptation strategies for climate change, waste management, computer education and Internet access.
Through the work of Shidhulai 88,000 families of hundreds of riverside villages are benefiting from improved education, sustainable agricultural practices, increased income, clean solar-powered lighting and communication with the outside world.
November 14th, 2009 at 3:50 am
Hi I’m from Bangladesh. I wish I could have contributed in your research paper on "Climate Change’s Impacts on the Bangladeshi People".
All I can recall is that there were clearly ‘felt’ seasons in the past, like Winter (Dec-Feb), Summer (Mar-May), Monsoon (June-Sep) and Autumn (Oct-Nov). In these days of post-climate times the seasons seem to have overlapped a bit. We can see raining during winter times and also floods occurring at ‘odd-times’ or at regular basis, instead of some decade long spacings (frequency) of the past.
Edit:
In recent times climate change is resulting in gradual sea level rise, repetitive disasters such as cyclone, flood, land slide, river erosion are also increasing. Now Bangladesh has floods two times a year. A data shows that- ‘over the next 40 years, 17 percent of the land will be lost to the sea resulting 20 million climate refugees because of climate change’. With a very high density of river systems, large parts of Bangladesh remain submerged during five months of monsoon so that millions of people living in river basins lack basic facilities since development have been concentrated around paved roads. Issues like this need local solution by the local people. So inspired by the lifestyle of the Bede community we realized that the rivers do not have to be barriers to development rather they can be communication channels where services will be taken to the people by boats. So an attempt was made to transform the waterways into path ways for education, information and technology and in the process adopt and mitigate climate changes. We believe that it is possible to deal with this climate change, and at the same time, to lift people out of poverty. Thus in the macro level we hope to initiate sustainable water way development which will be adaptive to the present climate crisis.
—-
Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha realized that the rivers do not have to be barriers to information, they can be communication channels. Shidhulai is working to improve quality of life in flood prone areas by taking services to the people by boats.
Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha, a non-profit organization, is working to improve quality of life in northern Bangladesh watersheds by taking services to the people by boats. These services include children’s education, libraries, training on sustainable agriculture, healthcare, adaptation strategies for climate change, waste management, computer education and Internet access.
Through the work of Shidhulai 88,000 families of hundreds of riverside villages are benefiting from improved education, sustainable agricultural practices, increased income, clean solar-powered lighting and communication with the outside world.
References :
http://wikitravel.org/en/Bangladesh
http://openarchitecturenetwork.org/node/3837
http://www.shidhulai.org/index.html
November 14th, 2009 at 4:37 am
I always use a larger font size, squeeze the margins in a little or triple space.
References :
November 14th, 2009 at 4:45 am
Check these out and see if they help:
http://www.mungo.nl/CC_Bangla.htm
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/SOUTHASIAEXT/0,,contentMDK:21893554~menuPK:158937~pagePK:2865106~piPK:2865128~theSitePK:223547,00.html
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