ABSTRACT
The chapter reviews the major impacts of flooding in Bangladesh, including a number of case studies from other developing countries. It adopts the framework of Food and Agricultural Organization–Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information Management Systems to better describe the link that exists between the four pillars of food security and several influencing factors. Ayorinde et al. highlighted how flood risk management projects in most developing countries suffered from poor financing and weak political will. They described how the low-resource economies in most of these countries are often a militating factor against the implementation of such projects. The coping strategies employed by school children during floods were to rely mainly on their instincts and to seek shelter in temporary havens. Pupils were found to be poorly educated about the risks of flooding, and recommendations were made towards integrating flood risk management into the curriculum, developing appropriate instructional materials and undertaking capacity building for teachers.
