About the Authors

Susmita Dasgupta

Contributed equally to this work with: Susmita Dasgupta, Md. Saiful Islam, Mainul Huq, Zahirul Huque Khan, Md. Raqubul Hasib

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

sdasgupta@worldbank.org

Affiliation Development Research Group, World Bank, Washington, DC, United States of America

Md. Saiful Islam

Contributed equally to this work with: Susmita Dasgupta, Md. Saiful Islam, Mainul Huq, Zahirul Huque Khan, Md. Raqubul Hasib

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software

Affiliation Coast, Port and Estuary Management Division, Institute of Water Modeling, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Mainul Huq

Contributed equally to this work with: Susmita Dasgupta, Md. Saiful Islam, Mainul Huq, Zahirul Huque Khan, Md. Raqubul Hasib

Roles Investigation, Resources, Supervision

Affiliation World Bank, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Zahirul Huque Khan

Contributed equally to this work with: Susmita Dasgupta, Md. Saiful Islam, Mainul Huq, Zahirul Huque Khan, Md. Raqubul Hasib

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Coast, Port and Estuary Management Division, Institute of Water Modeling, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Md. Raqubul Hasib

Contributed equally to this work with: Susmita Dasgupta, Md. Saiful Islam, Mainul Huq, Zahirul Huque Khan, Md. Raqubul Hasib

Roles Validation, Visualization

Affiliation Coast, Port and Estuary Management Division, Institute of Water Modeling, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests: The financial support for this research was provided by the South Asia Water Initiative Trust Fund administered by the World Bank. Susmita Dasgupta and Mainul Huq are employed by the World Bank. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.