A category IV cyclone SIDR struck in the south west coast of Bangladesh on November 15, 2007 evening

and moved inland, destroying infrastructure, causing numerous deaths, disrupting economic activities, and

affecting social conditions. As most all of Bangladesh is considered as a Delta just above sea level, tidal

surge of 15-20 feet and gail-force winds of approximately 150 mph creates havoc in most of the area. The

aim of the assessment was to identify priority areas to support the Government of Bangladesh in cyclone

recovery efforts as well as to recommend priority interventions for a long‐term disaster management

strategy. The preparation of Multi-Hazard Risk and Vulnerability Assessment, Modelling and Mapping

(MRVAM) project has identified the damage needs and quantified financial and technical requirements

and established MRVA Cell in DDM, that will facilitate formulating comprehensive early recovery

actions, medium-term recovery and reconstruction plans and a long-term disaster risk management and

reduction strategy. The main objective to establish MRVA Cell is to strengthen and enhance country

capacity in carrying out systematic multi-hazard risk assessments and consolidating and maintaining

hazard risk information at central (national) and disaggregated (district) levels. This will contribute

towards the realization of the specific priority attached in the country‟s disaster management strategy of

„defining and redefining the risk environment‟ of the country. The Asian Disaster Preparedness Center

(ADPC), Thailand, in partnership with the Institute of Water Modeling (IWM), the Norwegian

Geotechnical Institute (NGI), the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), and the Faculty of Geo-Information

Science and Earth Observation of the University of Twente (ITC), the Netherlands have been worked

together to deliver consulting services on the Multi-Hazard Risk and Vulnerability Assessment, Modeling

and Mapping in Bangladesh and finally have prepared the Volume I: Hydro-meteorological Hazard

Assessment (Flood, Storm Surge, Landslide, Drought), Volume II: Geological and Environmental Hazard

Assessment (Earthquake, Tsunami, Technological, Health), Volume III: Elements at risk, Volume IV:

Vulnerability and Risk Assessment (Flood, Storm Surge, Landslide, Drought), Volume V: Vulnerability

and Risk Assessment (Earthquake, Tsunami, Technological, Health), Volume VI: Summary and

Recommendations.