Climate change induced human displacement in Bangladesh: Implications on the livelihood of displaced riverine island dwellers and their adaptation strategies
In Bangladesh, many people are being displaced in riverine island (char) areas every year due to climate change and its associated natural catastrophes. This study intends to investigate the impact of climate change on internally displaced char people’s lives and livelihoods along with local adaptat...
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| author | Babul Hossain Guoqing Shi Chen Ajiang Md. Nazirul Islam Sarker Md. Salman Sohel Zhonggen Sun Qi Yang |
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| description | In Bangladesh, many people are being displaced in riverine island (char) areas every year due to climate change and its associated natural catastrophes. This study intends to investigate the impact of climate change on internally displaced char people’s lives and livelihoods along with local adaptation strategies and hindrances to the coping mechanism. Data have been collected from 280 internally displaced households in two sub-districts. A mixed-method approach has been considered combined with qualitative and quantitative methods. The results disclose that frequent flooding, riverbank erosion, and crop loss are the leading causes for relocation, and social relations are impeded in the new place of residence. Increasing summer and winter temperatures, recurrent flooding, severity of riverbank erosion, and expanding disease outbreaks are also important indicators of climate change identified by displaced people, which are consistent with observed data. This study also reveals that almost all households come across severe livelihood issues like food shortage, unemployment and income loss, and housing and sanitation problems due to the changing climate associated with disasters in the former and present places. In response to this, the displaced people acclimatize applying numerous adaptation strategies in order to boost the livelihood resilience against climate change. However, fragile housing, financial conditions, and lack of own land are still the highest impediments to the sustainability of adaptation. Therefore, along with the government, several organizations should implement a dynamic resettlement project through appropriate scrutiny to eradicate the livelihood complications of internally displaced people. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4b6e71fd3e2641609b3c6c8d36cbb25a2022-12-22T02:34:02ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782022-10-011310.3389/fpsyg.2022.964648964648Climate change induced human displacement in Bangladesh: Implications on the livelihood of displaced riverine island dwellers and their adaptation strategiesBabul Hossain0Guoqing Shi1Chen Ajiang2Md. Nazirul Islam Sarker3Md. Salman Sohel4Zhonggen Sun5Qi Yang6Management Science and Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, ChinaNational Research Center for Resettlement, Hohai University, Nanjing, ChinaResearch Center for Environment and Society, Hohai University, Nanjing, ChinaSchool of Social Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pulau Pinang, MalaysiaAsian Research Center, Hohai University, Nanjing, ChinaAsian Research Center, Hohai University, Nanjing, ChinaDepartment of Sociology, School of Public Administration, Hohai University, Nanjing, ChinaIn Bangladesh, many people are being displaced in riverine island (char) areas every year due to climate change and its associated natural catastrophes. This study intends to investigate the impact of climate change on internally displaced char people’s lives and livelihoods along with local adaptation strategies and hindrances to the coping mechanism. Data have been collected from 280 internally displaced households in two sub-districts. A mixed-method approach has been considered combined with qualitative and quantitative methods. The results disclose that frequent flooding, riverbank erosion, and crop loss are the leading causes for relocation, and social relations are impeded in the new place of residence. Increasing summer and winter temperatures, recurrent flooding, severity of riverbank erosion, and expanding disease outbreaks are also important indicators of climate change identified by displaced people, which are consistent with observed data. This study also reveals that almost all households come across severe livelihood issues like food shortage, unemployment and income loss, and housing and sanitation problems due to the changing climate associated with disasters in the former and present places. In response to this, the displaced people acclimatize applying numerous adaptation strategies in order to boost the livelihood resilience against climate change. However, fragile housing, financial conditions, and lack of own land are still the highest impediments to the sustainability of adaptation. Therefore, along with the government, several organizations should implement a dynamic resettlement project through appropriate scrutiny to eradicate the livelihood complications of internally displaced people.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.964648/fullclimate change perceptionnatural disasterslivelihood vulnerabilitylivelihood resilienceadaptation obstacleinternally displaced char dwellers |
| spellingShingle | Babul Hossain Guoqing Shi Chen Ajiang Md. Nazirul Islam Sarker Md. Salman Sohel Zhonggen Sun Qi Yang Climate change induced human displacement in Bangladesh: Implications on the livelihood of displaced riverine island dwellers and their adaptation strategies Frontiers in Psychology climate change perception natural disasters livelihood vulnerability livelihood resilience adaptation obstacle internally displaced char dwellers |
| title | Climate change induced human displacement in Bangladesh: Implications on the livelihood of displaced riverine island dwellers and their adaptation strategies |
| title_full | Climate change induced human displacement in Bangladesh: Implications on the livelihood of displaced riverine island dwellers and their adaptation strategies |
| title_fullStr | Climate change induced human displacement in Bangladesh: Implications on the livelihood of displaced riverine island dwellers and their adaptation strategies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Climate change induced human displacement in Bangladesh: Implications on the livelihood of displaced riverine island dwellers and their adaptation strategies |
| title_short | Climate change induced human displacement in Bangladesh: Implications on the livelihood of displaced riverine island dwellers and their adaptation strategies |
| title_sort | climate change induced human displacement in bangladesh implications on the livelihood of displaced riverine island dwellers and their adaptation strategies |
| topic | climate change perception natural disasters livelihood vulnerability livelihood resilience adaptation obstacle internally displaced char dwellers |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.964648/full |
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