A Review and Analysis of Water Research, Development, and Management in Bangladesh

This paper presents a review of water research, development, and management in Bangladesh, with examples drawn from the past and present. A bibliometric analysis is adopted here to analyze the water-related publication data of Bangladesh. Water-quality-related research is the dominating research field in Bangladesh as compared to water-quantity (floods and droughts)-related ones. The most productive author was found to be Ahmed KM for water-related publication in Bangladesh. The arsenic contamination in Bangladesh has received the highest attention (13 out of the top 15 highly cited papers are related to arsenic contamination). Climate-change-related topics have been showing an increasing trend in research publications over the last 5 years. Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100, prepared recently, is a visionary master plan that is expected to shape water management in Bangladesh in the coming decades to adapt to climate change. A set of recommendations is made here to achieve sustainable water management in Bangladesh.

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This paper provides an overview of water research, development, and management in Bangladesh, with a focus on water quality-related research. A bibliometric analysis is used to analyze water-related publications in Bangladesh, revealing a dominance of water quality research compared to water quantity research. Arsenic contamination and climate change have received significant attention in recent years. The Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100, a visionary master plan, is expected to shape water management in response to climate change. The paper concludes with recommendations for sustainable water management in Bangladesh.