School of Geography and the Environment

Adnan has completed his Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree in Geography and the Environment from the University of Oxford, where he studied as a Commonwealth Scholar. His interests include interdisciplinary research into the field of disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, natural hazard, vulnerability and risk assessment, geographic information systems, and remote sensing. His doctoral research addressed the complex flooding processes and flood adaptation options (structural and nature-based solutions) in the coastal region of Bangladesh. He obtained a Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning (BURP) degree from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in 2009 and an MSc degree in International Cooperation and Urban Development from Technische Universität Darmstadt (TUD) of Germany in 2014 as an Erasmus Mundus Scholar. He has been granted several scholarships during his academic career. He currently holds the position of an Assistant Professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET) of Bangladesh. Adnan aims to continue his career in research and academia, where he has already spent more than 10 years.

Doctoral Thesis

• Adnan, M.S.G. (2020) The legacy of polders: Diagnosing complex flooding processes and adaptation options in the coastal region of Bangladesh.

Journal Articles

• Zannat, K.E., Islam, K.M.A., Sunny, D.S., Moury, T., Tuli, R.D., Dewan, A. and Adnan, M.S.G. (2021) Non-motorized commuting behavior of middle-income working adults in a developing country. Journal of Urban Planning and Development, 147(2).
• Adnan, M.S.G., Abdullah, A.Y.M., Dewan, A. and Hall, J.W. (2020) The effects of changing land use and flood hazard on poverty in coastal Bangladesh. Land Use Policy, 99. 104868.
• Adnan, M.S.G., Rahman, M.S., Ahmed, N., Ahmed, B., Rabbi, M.F. and Rahman, R.M. (2020) Improving Spatial Agreement in Machine Learning-Based Landslide Susceptibility Mapping. Remote Sensing, 12(20). 3347.
• Adnan, M.S.G., Talchabhadel, R., Nakagawa, H. and Hall, J.W. (2020) The potential of Tidal River Management for flood alleviation in South Western Bangladesh. Science of The Total Environment, 731. 138747.
• Zannat, K.E., Adnan, M.S.G. and Dewan, A. (2020) A GIS-based approach to evaluating environmental influences on active and public transport accessibility of university students. Journal of Urban Management.
• Abdullah, A.Y.M., Masrur, A., Adnan, M.S.G., Baky, M.A.A., Hassan, Q.K. and Dewan, A. (2019) Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Land Use/Land Cover Change in the Heterogeneous Coastal Region of Bangladesh between 1990 and 2017. Remote Sensing, 11(7): 790.
• Adnan, M.S.G., Dewan, A., Zannat, K.E. and Abdullah, A.Y.M. (2019) The use of watershed geomorphic data in flash flood susceptibility zoning: a case study of the Karnaphuli and Sangu river basins of Bangladesh. Natural Hazards: 1-24.
• Adnan, M.S.G., Haque, A. and Hall, J.W. (2019) Have coastal embankments reduced flooding in Bangladesh? Science of The Total Environment Volume, 682: 405-416.
• Zannat, K.E., Raja, D.R. and Adnan, M.S.G. (2019) Pedestrian Facilities and Perceived Pedestrian Level of Service (PLOS): A Case Study of Chittagong Metropolitan Area, Bangladesh. Transportation in Developing Economies, 5(2): 9.
• Adnan, S. G. and Kreibich, H. (2016) An evaluation of disaster risk reduction (DRR) approaches for coastal delta cities: a comparative analysis. Natural Hazards, 83(2): 1257-1278.
• Adnan, M.S.G. (2015) Innovating Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Framework for Ensuring Urban Resilience: A Study on Coastal Delta Cities. Journal of Bangladesh Institute of Planners, 8: 123-134.
• Ashraf, M.A., Islam, M.R. and Adnan, S.G. (2015) GIS and multi criteria decision method based approach of identifying appropriate landfill sites for the city of Chittagong. International Journal of Environment, 4(1): 1-15.

Book Chapters

• Adnan, M.S.G. (2020) Understanding flood-risk intervention. In, UN75: Sustainable Engineering in Action. Institution of Civil Engineers and SJH Group. pp. 88-89.
• Islam, I. and Adnan, M.S.G. (2011) Commercial land use in Dhaka: an analysis of trends and patterns. In, Ahmed, S.U., Hafiz, R. and Rabbani, A.K.M.G. (eds.) 400 Years of Capital Dhaka and Beyond, Volume III: Urbanization and Urban Development. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka. pp. 277-296. ISBN: 9845120113.

Conference Papers

• Barbour, E., Hall, J.W., Adnan, M.S.G., Khan, M.S.A., Rahman, M.M., Hoque, S., Salehin, M. and Borgomeo, E. (2018) Investing in the Coastal Poor: Societal Trade-offs for Water Security Infrastructure. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2018.
• Kreibich, H., Adnan, M.S.G., Thi Chinh, D. and Bubeck, P. (2015) Flood precautionary behaviour of private households in Can Tho city in the Mekong Delta. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts.
• Islam, I., Adnan, M.S.G., Rahman, M. and Abu Sayed, M. (2009) An Analysis of Spatial Structure of Dhaka: Associated Problems and Issues. 10th Asian Urbanization Conference, Hong Kong.