Urban Resilience Project

This report provides the results of a city-wide geotechnical investigation based on Seismic Downhole Test (SDHT) to fulfill the requirements of an attempt made by the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) to study the earthquake hazard analysis considering the local site effects and develop microzonation maps for the Risk Sensitive Land Use Planning (RSLUP) in Dhaka. The Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) of the World Bank has provided funds to undertake Technical Assistance projects entitled “Bangladesh Urban Earthquake Resilience Project (BUERP)”. The activities of the project have been being carried out in close coordination with Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK).