Impacts of COVID-19 outbreaks on the lower-income groups and attainments of SDGs: a study of the fast-growing commercial capital city, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Purpose – The emergence of COVID-19 and its spread led to severe social, economic and livelihood impacts around the world. This study documented the socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19 outbreaks and lockdown on the lower-income groups. Also illustrated the impacts on the attainment of SDGs in the cont...
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| author | Md. Abdul Fattah Syed Riad Morshed Md. Mojammel Hoque Md. Fazle Rabbi Irin Akter Dola |
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| description | Purpose – The emergence of COVID-19 and its spread led to severe social, economic and livelihood impacts around the world. This study documented the socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19 outbreaks and lockdown on the lower-income groups. Also illustrated the impacts on the attainment of SDGs in the context of the slums of Chittagong City. Design/methodology/approach – Both qualitative and quantitative data have been collected from the 150 respondents through questionnaire surveys in the slums. Findings – The lockdown led to the decrease of 90% of the respondents' income level and affected the livelihoods of 97.33% of the respondents, with an overall score of 3.22 ± 0.67 on a four-point Likert-type scale. About 96.67% of respondents' psychological conditions have been affected high to extreme, with an overall score of 3.19 ± 0.68. The pandemic affected 74.67% of respondents' food habits, 95.33% of respondents' child education, increased domestic violence and deteriorated social security, basic service facilities and hygiene practices among the slum dwellers. The severity of COVID-19 outbreaks on the lower-income people makes it critical for the government to attain the SDG 1, SDG 2, SDG 3, SDG 4, SDG 5 (Target 5.1, 5.2) SDG 6 and SDG 16. Originality/value – The findings of the study will help governments, policymakers, international organizations to adopt measures to mitigate the effects of the outbreaks. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-904fb7cf2c814404ae57d3400b588e052023-07-06T07:19:52ZengEmerald PublishingFrontiers in Engineering and Built Environment2634-24992634-25022022-04-012210712010.1108/FEBE-12-2021-0058Impacts of COVID-19 outbreaks on the lower-income groups and attainments of SDGs: a study of the fast-growing commercial capital city, Chittagong, BangladeshMd. Abdul Fattah0Syed Riad Morshed1Md. Mojammel Hoque2Md. Fazle Rabbi3Irin Akter Dola4Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Khulna University of Engineering and Technology, Khulna, BangladeshDepartment of Urban and Regional Planning, Khulna University of Engineering and Technology, Khulna, BangladeshDepartment of Civil Engineering, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Chittagong, BangladeshDepartment of Urban and Regional Planning, Khulna University of Engineering and Technology, Khulna, BangladeshDepartment of Urban and Regional Planning, Khulna University of Engineering and Technology, Khulna, BangladeshPurpose – The emergence of COVID-19 and its spread led to severe social, economic and livelihood impacts around the world. This study documented the socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19 outbreaks and lockdown on the lower-income groups. Also illustrated the impacts on the attainment of SDGs in the context of the slums of Chittagong City. Design/methodology/approach – Both qualitative and quantitative data have been collected from the 150 respondents through questionnaire surveys in the slums. Findings – The lockdown led to the decrease of 90% of the respondents' income level and affected the livelihoods of 97.33% of the respondents, with an overall score of 3.22 ± 0.67 on a four-point Likert-type scale. About 96.67% of respondents' psychological conditions have been affected high to extreme, with an overall score of 3.19 ± 0.68. The pandemic affected 74.67% of respondents' food habits, 95.33% of respondents' child education, increased domestic violence and deteriorated social security, basic service facilities and hygiene practices among the slum dwellers. The severity of COVID-19 outbreaks on the lower-income people makes it critical for the government to attain the SDG 1, SDG 2, SDG 3, SDG 4, SDG 5 (Target 5.1, 5.2) SDG 6 and SDG 16. Originality/value – The findings of the study will help governments, policymakers, international organizations to adopt measures to mitigate the effects of the outbreaks.https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/FEBE-12-2021-0058/full/pdfLower-income peopleSDGsCOVID-19 outbreaksLivelihood impact |
| spellingShingle | Md. Abdul Fattah Syed Riad Morshed Md. Mojammel Hoque Md. Fazle Rabbi Irin Akter Dola Impacts of COVID-19 outbreaks on the lower-income groups and attainments of SDGs: a study of the fast-growing commercial capital city, Chittagong, Bangladesh Frontiers in Engineering and Built Environment Lower-income people SDGs COVID-19 outbreaks Livelihood impact |
| title | Impacts of COVID-19 outbreaks on the lower-income groups and attainments of SDGs: a study of the fast-growing commercial capital city, Chittagong, Bangladesh |
| title_full | Impacts of COVID-19 outbreaks on the lower-income groups and attainments of SDGs: a study of the fast-growing commercial capital city, Chittagong, Bangladesh |
| title_fullStr | Impacts of COVID-19 outbreaks on the lower-income groups and attainments of SDGs: a study of the fast-growing commercial capital city, Chittagong, Bangladesh |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impacts of COVID-19 outbreaks on the lower-income groups and attainments of SDGs: a study of the fast-growing commercial capital city, Chittagong, Bangladesh |
| title_short | Impacts of COVID-19 outbreaks on the lower-income groups and attainments of SDGs: a study of the fast-growing commercial capital city, Chittagong, Bangladesh |
| title_sort | impacts of covid 19 outbreaks on the lower income groups and attainments of sdgs a study of the fast growing commercial capital city chittagong bangladesh |
| topic | Lower-income people SDGs COVID-19 outbreaks Livelihood impact |
| url | https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/FEBE-12-2021-0058/full/pdf |
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