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.