Role: Principal investigator, Under Khulna University Research cell (KURC) submitted in 2022 – “The role of Religion on Disaster Management in Coastal Bangladesh”

      Most of the people of coastal area blindly follow religious codes and practices. This make them fatalistic and they belief disaster is an act of God. Religious institution plays a significant role to develop a sub-culture among these communities. This sub-culture influences them to develop a different coping mechanism in relation to disaster management. Sometimes they consider religious masters as a divine person and a disaster controller. Day to day this culture makes them vulnerable. This study has been conducted to explore the role of religion on disaster management in coastal Bangladesh. The specific objective of this study was to find out the role of religious institutions in disaster management; and to identify the religious master’s role in disaster management; and to examine how religion shape local peoples coping strategy of disaster management. For this reason Koyra 5 no. village and Koyra 6 no. village of Koyra Union under Koyra Upazila and Kailashgonj village and Ramnagar village of Kailashgonj Union of Dacope Upazila of Khulna district in Bangladesh has been chosen purposively as the study area.

     The population of the study has both adult men and women and must be living the study area at least 30 years and also, experienced by at least two remarkable disasters. A total 455 household has been selected for quantitative data through random sampling and 60 respondents have been selected purposively for qualitative data. This study was descriptive in nature and mixed method applied to gain objectives. 

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