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Uttama Barua

Uttama Barua

PhD Candidate
Arts, Design & Architecture
School of Built Environment

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I received my Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Urban and Regional Planning (URP) from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh. After graduation in 2014, I started working as a Research Planner in the Bangladesh Network Office for Urban Safety (BNUS), Department of Civil Engineering, BUET.I joined the Department of URP, BUET as a faculty member.

Disaster risk management (DRM) considering natural hazards (earthquake, flood, etc.) and human induced hazards (fire safety, structural safety, workplace safety, etc); resilient built environment; planning for sustainable development; environmental planning and management; participatory planning; risk-sensitive land use planning; smart city planning; etc.

2020 to current

  • Barua, U., Ansary, M. A., Islam, I., Munawar, H. S., & Mojtahedi, M. (2023). . Sustainability, 15(9), 7518.
  • Barua, U., & Hossain, D. (2021). . Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management.
  • Barua, U., Wiersma, J. W. F., & Ansary, M. A. (2021). . Safety science, 135, 105103.
  • Barua, U., Islam, I., & Ansary, M. A. (2020). . International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 50, 101836.
  • Barua, U., Mannan, S., Islam, I., Akther, M.S., Islam, M.A., Akter, T., Ahsan, R., & Ansary, M.A. (2020). People’s awareness, knowledge and perception influencing earthquake vulnerability of a community: A study on Ward No. 14, Mymensingh municipality, Bangladesh. Natural Hazards, 103, 1121–1181, DOI 10.1007/s11069-020-04028-2.