Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

  1. Salam, R.; Pla, F.; Ahmed, B.; Painho, M. (2024). A Convolutional Neural Network-based approach for automatically detecting rainfall-induced shallow landslides in a data-sparse context. Natural Hazards Research.
  2. Alam, A.; Ahmed, B.; Sammonds, P.; Kamal, A.S.M.M. (2023). Applying rainfall threshold estimates and frequency ratio model for landslide hazard assessment in the coastal mountain setting of South Asia. Natural Hazards Research.
  3. Kamal, A.S.M.M.; Hossain, F.; Ahmed, B.; Rahman, M.Z.; Sammonds, P. (2023). Assessing the effectiveness of landslide slope stability by analysing structural mitigation measures and community risk perception. Natural Hazards, 117, 2393–2418. 
  4. Kamal, A.S.M.M.; Ahmed, B.; Tasnim, S.; Sammonds, P. (2022). Assessing rainfall-induced landslide risk in a humanitarian context: The Kutupalong Rohingya Camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Natural Hazards Research, 2(3), 230-248.
  5. Kamal, A.S.M.M.; Hossain, F.; Ahmed, B.; Sammonds, P. (2022). Analyzing the 27 July 2021 rainfall-induced catastrophic landslide event in the Kutupalong Rohingya Camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Geoenvironmental Disasters, 9, 17.
  6. Kamal, A.S.M.M.; Hossain, F.; Rahman, M.Z.; Ahmed, B.; Sammonds, P. (2022). Geological and soil engineering properties of shallow landslides occurring in the Kutupalong Rohingya Camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Landslides, 19, 465–478.
  7. Ahmed, B. (2021). The root causes of landslide vulnerability in Bangladesh. Landslides, 18(5), 1707-1720.
  8. Ahmed, B.; Rahman, M. S.; Sammonds, P.; Islam, R.; Uddin, K. (2020). Application of geospatial technologies in developing a dynamic landslide early warning system in a humanitarian context: the Rohingya refugee crisis in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, 11(1), 446–468.
  9. Adnan, M.S.G.; Rahman, M.S.; Ahmed, N.; Ahmed, B.; Rabbi, M.F.; Rahman, R.M. (2020). Improving Spatial Agreement in Machine Learning-Based Landslide Susceptibility Mapping. Remote Sensing, 12, 3347.
  10. Ahmed, B.; Rahman, M.S.; Islam, R.; Sammonds, P.; Zhou, C.; Uddin, K.; Al-Hussaini, T.M. (2018). Developing a Dynamic Web-GIS Based Landslide Early Warning System for the Chittagong Metropolitan Area, Bangladesh. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 7(12), 485.
  11. Rahman, M.S.; Ahmed, B.; Di, L. (2017). Landslide initiation and runout susceptibility modeling in the context of hill cutting and rapid urbanization: a combined approach of weights of evidence and spatial multi-criteria. Journal of Mountain Science, 14(10), 1919–1937.
  12. Ahmed, B.; Dewan, A. (2017) Application of Bivariate and Multivariate Statistical Techniques in Landslide Susceptibility Modeling in Chittagong City Corporation, Bangladesh. Remote Sensing, 9(4), 304.
  13. Ahmed, B. (2015). Landslide Susceptibility Mapping Using Multi-Criteria Evaluation Techniques in Chittagong Metropolitan Area, Bangladesh. Landslides, 12(6), 1077-1095.
  14. Ahmed, B. (2015). Landslide Susceptibility Modelling Applying User-Defined Weighting and Data-Driven Statistical Techniques in Cox’s Bazar Municipality, Bangladesh. Natural Hazards, 79(3), 1707-1737.

Book Chapters

  1. Kamal, A.S.M.M.; Samm-A, A.; Ahmed, B.; Sammonds, P. (2023). Refugees’ Perception of Landslide Disasters: Insights from the Rohingya Camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. In: Alcántara-Ayala et al. (Eds). Progress in Landslide Research and Technology, Volume 2, Issue 2, pp 431–439, Springer, Switzerland.
  2. Ahmed, B.; Alam, S.M.R.A.; Ahmed, I.; Sammonds, P. (2023). The Anthropogenic Aggravation of Landslide Disasters in Bangladesh: Key Informants’ Perspectives. In: Alcántara-Ayala et al. (Eds). Progress in Landslide Research and Technology, Volume 1, Issue 2, pp 385–401, Springer, Switzerland.
  3. Rahman S.; Huq F.F.; Ahmed B.; Rahman M.S.; Al-Hussaini T.M. (2022). Assessing Social Vulnerability to Landslide Disasters in Chittagong City, Bangladesh. In: Sarkar R., Shaw R., Pradhan B. (eds) Impact of Climate Change, Land Use and Land Cover, and Socio-economic Dynamics on Landslides; pp. 301-318. Disaster Risk Reduction (Methods, Approaches and Practices). Springer, Singapore.

Conference Papers/Presentations

  1. Ahmed, B.; Alam, S.M.R.A.; Ahmed, I.; Sammonds, P. (2022). Landslide disasters in Bangladesh: Narratives from key informants. Presented at the American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting 2023 in Denver, USA, from 23-27 March 2023. 
  2. Tasnim, S.; Kamal, A.S.M.; Ahmed, B.; Sammonds, P.R. (2021). Evaluating Rainfall-induced Landslide Risk of the Kutupalong Rohingya Camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Presented at the AGU Fall Meeting 2021 in New Orleans, LA from 13-17 December 2021.
  3. Hossain, F.; Kamal, A.S.M.; Ahmed, B.; Sammonds, P.R. (2021). Geo-engineering properties of shallow landslides occurred due to large scale anthropogenic interventions: a case study of the humanitarian crisis-affected Rohingya Refugee camps in Bangladesh. Presented at the AGU Fall Meeting 2021 in New Orleans, LA from 13-17 December 2021.
  4. Ahmed, B.; Rahman, M. S.; Sammonds, P.; Islam, R.; Uddin, K. (2020). Developing a Landslide Early Warning System in a Humanitarian Context: the Rohingya Refugee Crisis in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. [Sub-theme: Social Systems for Risk Governance (Paper ID: ICDR-O-F002)]. Presented at the “International Conference on Earth and Environmental Sciences & Technology for Sustainable Development, ICEEST 2020“, held at Hotel InterContinental, Dhaka, Bangladesh from 25–30 January 2020.
  5. Ahmed, B., Sammonds, P.R., Rahman, M.S., Islam, R. (2018). Developing a Landslide Early Warning System for Chittagong City, Bangladesh. Presented at the AGU Fall Meeting 2018 in Washington D.C. from 10-14 December 2018.
  6. Sammonds, P.R., Ahmed, B., Rahman, M.S., Islam, R. (2018). Developing a Landslide Early Warning System for the Rohingya Refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Presented at the AGU Fall Meeting 2018 in Washington D.C. from 10-14 December 2018.
  7. Kafy, A., Rahman, M.S., & Ferdous, L. (2017). Exploring the association of land cover changes and landslides in the Chittagong hill tracts (CHT): A remote sensing perspective. In proceedings of the International Conference on Disaster Risk Mitigation held in Dhaka, Bangladesh from September 23 – 24, 2017.
  8. Rahman, M.S.; Ahmed, B.; Huq, F.F.; Rahman, S.; Al-Hussaini, T.M. (2016). Landslide Inventory in an Urban Setting in the Context of Chittagong Metropolitan Area, Bangladesh. Paper Id: 36 (pp. 170-178), 3rd International Conference on Advances in Civil Engineering 2016 (ICACE 2016), 21 –23 December 2016, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET), Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  9. Ahmed, B.; Forte, R. (2016). Landslide Risk Zoning Applying Kohonen’s Self-Organizing Map Neural Network Technique. Paper presented at the 1st Bangladesh Planning Research Conference (BPRC) held at the Department of Urban & Regional Planning, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka 1342, Bangladesh; 5-6 February 2016.

Presentations

  1. Ahmed, B.; Rahman, M.S., Islam, R., Sammonds, P. (2018). Developing a Landslide Early Warning System for the Rohingya Refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Presented at the AGU Fall Meeting 2018 in Washington D.C. from 10-14 December 2018.
  2. Ahmed, B., Rahman, M.S., Islam, R., Sammonds, P. (2018). Developing a Landslide Early Warning System for Chittagong City, Bangladesh. Presented at the AGU Fall Meeting 2018 in Washington D.C. from 10-14 December 2018.
  3. Ahmed, B. (2017). Landslides in Bangladesh & Future Planning. National Press Club, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  4. Ahmed, B.; Rahman, MS. (2016). From Landslide Hazard Assessment to Early Warning System: A Case Study of Chittagong Metropolitan Area, Bangladesh. Presented at the 2nd Annual Gobeshona Conference 2016, Independent University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  5. Ahmed, B. (2015). Landslide Susceptibility Modelling Using Geospatial Techniques: A Case Study of Cox’s Bazar Municipality, Bangladesh. Poster presented at the 2015 Unidata Users Workshop, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
  6. Ahmed, B. (2013). Understanding the Issues Involved in Landslide Risk Management in the Hill Tract Districts of Bangladesh. Poster presented at the UK-Japan Symposium on Disasters. Organized by the Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction, University College London (UCL), UK, from 21-23 November 2013.

Other Scholarly Publications

  1. Ahmed, B. (2017). Community Vulnerability to Landslides in Bangladesh. PhD Thesis. University College London (UCL), United Kingdom.
  2. Ahmed, B. (2014). Landslide Hazard Mapping in Chittagong Metropolitan Area Implementing the Analytical Hierarchy Process. Published in the ‘Souvenir of CUET URP DAY 2014‘, Department of Urban and Regional Planning (URP), Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology (CUET), Chittagong, Bangladesh;  32-37pp.
  3. Ahmed, B., Rubel, Y.A. (2013). Understanding the Issues Involved in Urban Landslide Vulnerability in Chittagong Metropolitan Area, Bangladesh. Association of American Geographers (AAG). Washington, DC, USA.

Publications by Others

  1. Rabby, Y. W., Li, Y., Abedin, J., & Sabrina, S. (2022). Impact of land use/land cover change on landslide susceptibility in Rangamati municipality of Rangamati District, Bangladesh. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 11(2), 89.
  2. Khatun, M., Hossain, A. T. M., Sayem, H. M., Moniruzzaman, M., Ahmed, Z., & Rahaman, K. R. (2022). Landslide Susceptibility Mapping Using Weighted-Overlay Approach in Rangamati, Bangladesh. Earth Systems and Environment, 1-13.
  3. Islam, M.A.; Islam, M.S.; Jeet, A.A. (2021). A Geotechnical Investigation of 2017 Chattogram Landslides. Geosciences, 11, 337.
  4. Sultana, N., & Tan, S. (2021). Landslide mitigation strategies in southeast Bangladesh: Lessons learned from the institutional responses. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 102402.
  5. Alam, E., & Ray-Bennett, N. S. (2021). Disaster risk governance for district-level landslide risk management in Bangladesh. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 59, 102220.
  6. Emberson, R. A., Kirschbaum, D. B., & Stanley, T. (2021). Landslide hazard and exposure modelling in data‐poor regions: the example of the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh. Earth’s Future, 9(2), e2020EF001666.
  7. Rabby, Y.W.; Ishtiaque, A.; Rahman, M.S. (2020). Evaluating the Effects of Digital Elevation Models in Landslide Susceptibility Mapping in Rangamati District, Bangladesh. Remote Sensing, 12, 2718.
  8. Abedin, J., Rabby, Y. W., Hasan, I., & Akter, H. (2020). An investigation of the characteristics, causes, and consequences of June 13, 2017, landslides in Rangamati District Bangladesh. Geoenvironmental Disasters, 7(1), 1-19.
  9. Sifa, S. F., Mahmud, T., Tarin, M. A., & Haque, D. M. E. (2020). Event-based landslide susceptibility mapping using weights of evidence (WoE) and modified frequency ratio (MFR) model: A case study of Rangamati district in Bangladesh. Geology, Ecology, and Landscapes, 4(3), 222-235.
  10. Alam, E. (2020). Landslide Hazard Knowledge, Risk Perception and Preparedness in Southeast Bangladesh. Sustainability, 12, 6305.
  11. Sultana, N. (2020). Analysis of landslide-induced fatalities and injuries in Bangladesh: 2000-2018. Cogent Social Sciences, 6(1), 1737402. 
  12. Ahmed, N., Firoze, A., & Rahman, R. M. (2020). Machine learning for predicting landslide risk of Rohingya refugee camp infrastructure. Journal of Information and Telecommunication, 1-24. DOI: 10.1080/24751839.2019.1704114
  13. Rabby, Y. W., & Li, Y. (2020). Landslide Inventory (2001–2017) of Chittagong Hilly Areas, Bangladesh. Data, 5(1), 4.
  14. Rohingya Camps – Site Management & Site Development Daily Incident Report: Survey Analysis (April-November 2019). The International Organization for Migration – Bangladesh Mission.
  15. Rabby, Y.W.; Li, Y. (2018). An integrated approach to map landslides in Chittagong Hilly Areas, Bangladesh, using Google Earth and field mapping. Landslides, DOI: 10.1007/s10346-018-1107-9.
  16. Chisty, K.U. (2014). Landslide in Chittagong City: A Perspective on Hill Cutting. Journal of Bangladesh Institute of Planners, 7, 1–17.
  17. Das, S., & Raja, D. R. (2015). Susceptibility analysis of landslide in Chittagong City Corporation Area, Bangladesh. International Journal of Environment, 4(2), 157-181.
  18. Mia, M. T., Sultana, N., & Paul, A. (2016). Studies on the Causes, Impacts and Mitigation Strategies of Landslide in Chittagong city, Bangladesh. Journal of Environmental Science and Natural Resources, 8(2), 1-5.
  19. Das, S., & Raja, D. R. (2015). Susceptibility Analysis of Landslide in Chittagong City Corporation Area. In 1st International Electronic Conference on Remote Sensing. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute.
  20. Rahman, T. (2012). LANDSLIDE RISK REDUCTION OF THE INFORMAL FOOTHILL SETTLEMENTS OF CHITTAGONG CITY THROUGH STRATEGIC DESIGN MEASURE. A Dissertation for the Degree of Master in Disaster Management. BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  21. Sarker, A. A., & Rashid, A. M. (2013). Landslide and Flashflood in Bangladesh. In Disaster Risk Reduction Approaches in Bangladesh (pp. 165-189). Springer Japan.
  22. Islam, M. S., Hussain, M. A., Khan, Y. A., Islam Chowdhury, M. A. I., & Haque, M. B. (2014). Slope Stability Problem in the Chittagong City, Bangladesh. Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 1(30), 13-25.
  23. Islam, M. S., Hosain, M., Islam, M. S., Ahmed, A. D., Hoque, F., Ul, S., & Karim, M. A. I. (2015). Disaster due to slope failure in the Pahartoli Area of the Chittagong city, Bangladesh. International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research, 6(3), 246-251.
  24. Hassan, M. M., & Nazem, M. N. I. (2016). Examination of land use/land cover changes, urban growth dynamics, and environmental sustainability in Chittagong city, Bangladesh. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 18(3), 697-716.
  25. Murshed, M. M. (2013). Cutting of hills and human tragedy: An example of law enforcement loophole in the southeastern region of Bangladesh. International Journal of Geomatics and Geosciences, 4(2), 410.
  26. Ahammad, R. (2009). Understanding institutional changes for reducing social vulnerability to landslides in Chittagong City, Bangladesh. MSc Dissertation, Stockholm University, Sweden.
  27. Karim, M.F.; Kamal, A.S.M.M.; Hassan, M.Q.; Khadiza, U.; Serajee, F.; Rahman, M.Z.; Siddiqua, S. (2015). Geological Engineering Evaluation of Landslides in the Southeastern Bangladesh. In Proceedings of the 2015 GSA Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 1-4 November 2015; Geological Society of America: USA, 2015; Paper No. 237-8.
  28. Islam et al. (2017). Utilization of Open Source Spatial Data for Landslide Susceptibility Mapping at Chittagong District of Bangladesh—An Appraisal for Disaster Risk Reduction and Mitigation Approach. International Journal of Geosciences, 8, 577-598.
  29. Hossain, S.; Khan, S.; Kibria, G. (2017). Sustainable Slope Stabilisation using Recycled Plastic Pins. CRC Press.
  30. Rasul, G. (2007). Political ecology of the degradation of forest commons in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh. Environmental Conservation 34 (2): 153–163.
  31. Karim, M.F.; Haider, M.J. (1991). EROSIONAL HAZARDS IN CHITTAGONG, BANGLADESH. Regional Training Programme on Erosion and Sedimentation for Asia (RTPESA). Proceedings of RTPESA 5: Workshop on Soil Erosion and Debris Flow Control. VSTC, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 5–8 November 1991.
  32. Rainfall Triggered Landslide Hazard Zonation in Cox’s Bazaar and Teknaf Municipalities as well as Introducing Community‐based Early Warning System for Landslide Hazard Management. (2012). Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme-II (CDMP-II), Ministry of Food and Disaster Management, Disaster Management and Relief Division, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh.
  33. Landslide Hazard Zonation Mapping at Cox’s Bazaar and Teknaf in Bangladesh. (2012). Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme-II (CDMP-II), Ministry of Food and Disaster Management, Disaster Management and Relief Division, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh.

  34. Landslide Inventory and Land-use Mapping, DEM Preparation, Precipitation Threshold Value and Establishment of Early Warning Devices. (2012). Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme-II (CDMP-II), Ministry of Food and Disaster Management, Disaster Management and Relief Division, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh.