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Geography and Maps

All posts related to geography and maps

Everything related to geography and maps are archived in this Area of Focus.

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A Special Workshop: Learning GIS and Remote Sensing – November 2018

A two-week long training workshop from 18th — 29th November, 2018, on the fundamentals of GIS (Geographic Information System) and RS (Remote Sensing)
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Mapping Workshop with Anthony Acciavatti

Changes of State: Making Instruments in a Monsoonal Landscape - A two-day-long workshop with Anthony Acciavatti, 28th - 30th April, 2018 at Bengal Institute.
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Fall 2017: September – November Session: Scale Is Everything: LARGE/MEDIUM/HUMAN

A seven week long special session brought renowned architects, landscape architects and academics for a fantastic series of design workshops, seminars and other special events.
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Spring 2017: March Session: How to Read the City and Other Things

The March Session offered a brilliant, diverse lineup of global faculties.
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Spring 2016: March Session: Place/Form

The month of March was very special to us. Along with our academic programs we organised a three-day long international symposium “Architecture Now/Next,” the first of its kind event in Bangladesh. Renowned local and international speakers and panelists.
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Spring 2016: February Session: Tropical Topics

The tropical climate is unique in its own diverse way and it has a direct impact on the design of our built environment; thus ‘tropics’ as a topic is in the discussion of design, architecture and situated place making ever since the modernism and beyond.
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Fall 2015: November Session: Architecture and the City

The session began with exercises ideas of designing small towns, which continued as an elaborate studio work on designing Mymensingh as an example of a small town.
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Fall 2015: September Session: Cities and Settlements

This session explored the fundamentals of human settlements, large scale designs and cities. The discussion also brought in topics of how funding organizations and local community get involved in a project like designing new villages from scratch.
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BI/GRU Research Logs: Air Pollution in Dhaka and its Surrounding Areas

Analysis of air pollution levels in Dhaka and its surrounding areas
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BI/GRU Research Logs: Mapping Historical Earthquakes in and around Bangladesh

Assessment of the history of earthquakes in and around Bangladesh
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BI/GRU Research Logs: The Mapping of Tree Canopy of Dhaka City

Tree canopy coverage within the urban context of Dhaka
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BI/ GRU Research Logs: Flood in Meghna Basin

Overflow in the Meghna Basin
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BI/ GRU Research Logs: Sea Level Rise – Global and Bangladesh Scenario

Sea level rise scenarios around the world
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BI/ GRU Research Logs: Mapping Mangroves in Tropical Deltas

Time series mapping of Mangrove coverage in Tropical Deltas using multitemporal satellite imagery and machine learning
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BI/ GRU Research Logs: The Importance of Considering Hydrological Basin in Planning

Basin consideration in planning and resource management
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BI/ GRU Research Logs: The Meghna Basin

Identification of the Meghna Basin rivers through the latest satellite imagery.
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BI / BAU Works: Tribeni Canal and Linear Park, Narayanganj, 2019

To revive and improve the bank of Tribeni Canal, Bengal Institute/BAU Design was entrusted by the Narayanganj City Corporation to propose a design.
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COVID19 Case Rate in Bangladesh – Interactive Map

Daily updates! Last updated with 29th June data from IEDCR.
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Dhaka Neighbourhood Based COVID-19 Case Rate Interactive Maps

Daily updates! Last updated with 28th June data from IEDCR.
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Bengal Institute’s COVID-19 Responses

Bengal Institute's coordinated COVID19 responses around data, maps and visualisations
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Environmental Database

Inventory of information as a supporting tool for researchers
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Khulna Regional Study

The dynamics of Ganges Delta is the key focus of this study.
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Sylhet Regional Study

To understand a region beyond administrative borders and focusing more on geo-environmental conditions
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Anuradha Mathur and Dilip da Cunha Studio

Participants were asked to bring camera and sketching materials for an excursion on the river. Professor Mathur and Cunha instructed them to observe the landscape and activities on both sides of the river Dhaleshwari.
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