STAKEHOLDERS PARTICIPATION FOR URBAN CLIMATE RESILIENCE: A CASE OF INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS REGULARIZATION IN KHULNA CITY, BANGLADESH
This study focuses on stakeholders’ participation, perceptions and local contextualization in the Informal Settlement (IS) regularization processes in Khulna City. These processes are undertaken to address livelihood challenges of IS dwellers and to operationalize development initiatives in informal...
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| author | Sujit Kumar SIKDER Asad ASADZADEH Elias Danyi KUUSAANA Bishawjit MALLICK Theo KOETTER |
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| description | This study focuses on stakeholders’ participation, perceptions and local contextualization in the Informal Settlement (IS) regularization processes in Khulna City. These processes are undertaken to address livelihood challenges of IS dwellers and to operationalize development initiatives in informal regularization projects. Adopting both a qualitative and quantitative approach, the research results show that IS formation in Khulna City started slowly with rural immigration. These immigrants remain vulnerable to climate change although some initiatives were undertaken since the last 20 years to improve their living conditions. The IS dwellers and local leaders initially participated in these settlement-upgrading initiatives due to accompanied incentives but they became adamant after the project period ended. It was also found that the city local government and NGOs do not have any permanent arrangement to sustain the IS regularization processes. The analysis of the interrelationships among the stakeholders revealed that the relevant public agencies are in conflict, and the role of the private sector is less recognized. The initiatives undertaken so far have limited success especially in granting tenure security, and the private landowners or local authorities that trespassed public spaces resort to forceful eviction. Amidst all these, there is the need for the formulation and implementation of climate resilience policies that address stakeholder participations in mitigating climate change consequences and enhance livelihood development. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-064c4028e5c34fb9b330cfc28c227ff92022-12-22T02:52:43ZengUniversity of BucharestJournal of Urban and Regional Analysis2067-40822068-99692022-11-017152010.37043/JURA.2015.7.1.1STAKEHOLDERS PARTICIPATION FOR URBAN CLIMATE RESILIENCE: A CASE OF INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS REGULARIZATION IN KHULNA CITY, BANGLADESHSujit Kumar SIKDER0Asad ASADZADEH1Elias Danyi KUUSAANA2Bishawjit MALLICK3Theo KOETTER4University of Bonn, **Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, GermanyUniversity of Bonn, **Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, GermanyUniversity of Bonn, **Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, GermanyUniversity of Bonn, **Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, GermanyUniversity of Bonn, **Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, GermanyThis study focuses on stakeholders’ participation, perceptions and local contextualization in the Informal Settlement (IS) regularization processes in Khulna City. These processes are undertaken to address livelihood challenges of IS dwellers and to operationalize development initiatives in informal regularization projects. Adopting both a qualitative and quantitative approach, the research results show that IS formation in Khulna City started slowly with rural immigration. These immigrants remain vulnerable to climate change although some initiatives were undertaken since the last 20 years to improve their living conditions. The IS dwellers and local leaders initially participated in these settlement-upgrading initiatives due to accompanied incentives but they became adamant after the project period ended. It was also found that the city local government and NGOs do not have any permanent arrangement to sustain the IS regularization processes. The analysis of the interrelationships among the stakeholders revealed that the relevant public agencies are in conflict, and the role of the private sector is less recognized. The initiatives undertaken so far have limited success especially in granting tenure security, and the private landowners or local authorities that trespassed public spaces resort to forceful eviction. Amidst all these, there is the need for the formulation and implementation of climate resilience policies that address stakeholder participations in mitigating climate change consequences and enhance livelihood development.https://www.jurareview.ro/resources/pdf/volume_15_stakeholders_participation_for_urban_climate_resilience:_a_case_of_informal_settlements_regularization_in_khulna_city_bangladesh_abstract.pdfinformal settlementsurban resiliencestakeholder participationbangladesh |
| spellingShingle | Sujit Kumar SIKDER Asad ASADZADEH Elias Danyi KUUSAANA Bishawjit MALLICK Theo KOETTER STAKEHOLDERS PARTICIPATION FOR URBAN CLIMATE RESILIENCE: A CASE OF INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS REGULARIZATION IN KHULNA CITY, BANGLADESH Journal of Urban and Regional Analysis informal settlements urban resilience stakeholder participation bangladesh |
| title | STAKEHOLDERS PARTICIPATION FOR URBAN CLIMATE RESILIENCE: A CASE OF INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS REGULARIZATION IN KHULNA CITY, BANGLADESH |
| title_full | STAKEHOLDERS PARTICIPATION FOR URBAN CLIMATE RESILIENCE: A CASE OF INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS REGULARIZATION IN KHULNA CITY, BANGLADESH |
| title_fullStr | STAKEHOLDERS PARTICIPATION FOR URBAN CLIMATE RESILIENCE: A CASE OF INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS REGULARIZATION IN KHULNA CITY, BANGLADESH |
| title_full_unstemmed | STAKEHOLDERS PARTICIPATION FOR URBAN CLIMATE RESILIENCE: A CASE OF INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS REGULARIZATION IN KHULNA CITY, BANGLADESH |
| title_short | STAKEHOLDERS PARTICIPATION FOR URBAN CLIMATE RESILIENCE: A CASE OF INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS REGULARIZATION IN KHULNA CITY, BANGLADESH |
| title_sort | stakeholders participation for urban climate resilience a case of informal settlements regularization in khulna city bangladesh |
| topic | informal settlements urban resilience stakeholder participation bangladesh |
| url | https://www.jurareview.ro/resources/pdf/volume_15_stakeholders_participation_for_urban_climate_resilience:_a_case_of_informal_settlements_regularization_in_khulna_city_bangladesh_abstract.pdf |
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