A tenacious nation built on shape-shifting land
BBCA tenacious nation built on shape-shifting land Mohammad Saiful Islam/Getty Images In Bangladesh, life is played out on the 230 rivers that crisscross the nation In Bangladesh, natural disasters seem to be the only constant. "I remember we used to cross a bridge and it got washed away every other year," said Dr Monjour Mourshed, professor of sustainable engineering at Cardiff University who grew up in Bangladesh. Mohammad Saiful Islam/Getty Images In Bangladesh, life is played out on the 230 rivers that crisscross the nation Bangladesh as a whole is "nature-on-the-move", its fluid geography the result of one of the most dynamic and extensive river networks in the world. "I have this wild theory: geography shapes people's psyche and ethos," said Dr Shafiul Azam Ahmad, water and sanitation specialist at the Water and Sanitation Program, World Bank, from 2000-2008, international consultant for the World Bank from 2015-2016 and now a freelance regional consultant for Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal.
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