Khandaker Jafor Ahmed

ORCID: 0000-0003-4409-5710
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Research Areas
  • Agricultural risk and resilience
  • Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Environmental Education and Sustainability
  • Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
  • Climate change impacts on agriculture
  • Climate Change Communication and Perception
  • Disaster Management and Resilience
  • Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Family Dynamics and Relationships
  • Islamic Finance and Banking Studies
  • Sustainability in Higher Education
  • Environmental Sustainability in Business
  • Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
  • Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism
  • Transboundary Water Resource Management
  • Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Fisheries and Aquaculture Studies
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Environmental Impact and Sustainability

University of Michigan
2024-2025

Walsh University
2023-2024

Georgetown University
2023-2024

The University of Adelaide
2018-2023

Shahjalal University of Science and Technology
2016

This study explores the impact of financial inclusion on resilience in Bangladesh, using World Bank data global inclusions. It finds that respondents with accounts are more resilient than those without accounts. The chances being financially around 1.4 times higher for account holders their counterparts. There was also a significant relationship between gender and resilience; males females when other covariates considered regression model.

10.1080/09614524.2019.1607256 article EN Development in Practice 2019-05-07

In the context of rapid climate change, it is important to understand public perceptions urban green spaces (UGSs), because have enormous potential as instruments for change adaptation and mitigation, development such both requires benefits from support. This article attempts, through an extensive literature review, convergences divergences in (UGSs) city dwellers around world identify gaps existing research. Additionally, explores research into associated with spaces, including health...

10.3389/frsc.2021.755313 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Sustainable Cities 2021-10-26

Fisheries and the aquaculture sector can play a significant role in achievement of several goals 2030 Sustainable Development agenda. However, current COVID-19 situation negatively impact fisheries sector, impeding pace development goals. Therefore, this paper highlighted performance challenges Bangladesh, emphasising significance for achieving Goals (SDGs), through primary fieldwork secondary data. The total fish production country has increased more than six times over last three decades...

10.3390/su13179912 article EN Sustainability 2021-09-03

Climate change is likely to worsen the food security situation through its impact on production, which may indirectly affect fertility behaviour. This study examines direct and indirect effects of climate (e.g., temperature precipitation) via production major crops, as well their short- long-term total rate (TFR) in Bangladesh. We used structural equation modelling (SEM) perform path analysis distinguish influence security. also applied error correction model (ECM) analyze time-series data...

10.1371/journal.pone.0258196 article EN cc-by PLoS ONE 2021-10-21

This study aimed to assess the knowledge and practice of caregivers their relationship disease nutritional status children under 5 years age in rural areas Sylhet, Bangladesh. A total 110 households with at least a child aged 6 59 months were selected by simple random method from 10 communities three Upazila Sylhet September 2019 February 2020. Descriptive statistics used "Water Access, Sanitation, Hygiene" (WASH) practice, multivariate chi-square analyses performed associations among...

10.3389/fpubh.2022.890293 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Public Health 2022-05-17

Abstract The global impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has spared no sector, causing significant socioeconomic, demographic, and particularly noteworthy educational repercussions. Among areas significantly affected, education systems worldwide have experienced profound changes, especially in countries like Bangladesh. In this context, numerous institutions Bangladesh decided to temporarily suspend classes situations where a higher risk infection was perceived. Nevertheless, tertiary...

10.1057/s41599-023-02094-y article EN cc-by Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 2023-09-22

Abstract The frequency and geographic extent of floods in Bangladesh have increased over the past few decades, sedimentation has gradually raised beds wetland water bodies. present study examined how households (HH) cope with, adapt to, adverse effects haor wetlands under extreme weather conditions. Lubar Pochashul haors (hereafter referred to as “LPHs”), Sunamganj District region most affected by sedimentation, are primary focus this study. Questionnaire surveys from 180 HH respondents,...

10.1175/wcas-d-23-0078.1 article EN Weather Climate and Society 2025-02-28

Abstract The haor landscape is a wetland ecosystem in northeast Bangladesh, comprising shallow depressions that undergo large changes water inundation between the monsoon and dry seasons. Sediment supplied to from rivers originating adjacent Shillong Plateau, can adversely affect these largely arable agricultural lands. critical adverse effects of changing hydrology enhanced sedimentation due anthropogenic change include reduction natural storage capacity, timing magnitude floods, increasing...

10.1029/2021wr030241 article EN Water Resources Research 2022-06-30

Introduction Experts have a well-established consensus regarding the detrimental effects of human activities on environment, including extreme temperature events, rainfall variability, pollution, deforestation, biodiversity loss, and flood occurrences—all which significantly stress Earth’s natural systems. This study investigates level environmental concern among university students in Bangladesh, considering their socio-demographic factors. Methods A comprehensive survey was conducted using...

10.3389/fclim.2025.1532308 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Climate 2025-02-05

This study examines school and college teachers' perceptions about climate change, taking into account academic backgrounds experiences with the impacts of change. The included 95 teachers from three schools colleges (two private one public) in city Sylhet, Bangladesh. results show that most have heard change understand what it means. Most also perceive temperatures Bangladesh are rising or fluctuating rainfall is falling fluctuating. chi-squared test shows depend on whether their...

10.3389/fclim.2022.784875 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Climate 2022-05-26

Environmental quality significantly affects various aspects of human existence. This study employs ecological footprint as a proxy to assess the impact environmental on TFR, measured births per woman. investigates extent which indicators TFR in across 31 countries between from 1990 2017.

10.1186/s12889-023-17305-z article EN cc-by BMC Public Health 2023-12-02

This study addresses how perception of risk child mortality, land ownership and household type influence fertility preferences. The focuses on four distinct villages: two vulnerable to cyclones floods not usually subject the impacts extreme weather events (EWEs). uses a mixed-methods approach in collecting relevant information from 759 randomly selected ever-married women at reproductive age who had least one were living with their husband during field survey. descriptive findings...

10.1353/prv.2019.0007 article EN Population review 2019-01-01
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