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Social vulnerability, impacts and adaptations strategies in the face of natural hazards: insight from riverine islands of Bangladesh
BACKGROUND: Bangladesh is one of the countries at risk of natural disasters due to climate change. In particular, inhabitants of its riverine islands (char) confront ongoing climatic events that heighten their vulnerability. This study aims to assess social vulnerability, impacts, and adaptation str...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10483873/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37674119 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-16497-8 |
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author | Hossain, Babul Shi, Guoqing Ajiang, Chen Sohel, Md. Salman Yijun, Liu |
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description | BACKGROUND: Bangladesh is one of the countries at risk of natural disasters due to climate change. In particular, inhabitants of its riverine islands (char) confront ongoing climatic events that heighten their vulnerability. This study aims to assess social vulnerability, impacts, and adaptation strategies to climate change in the riverine island areas of Bangladesh. METHODS: A mixed-method approach incorporating qualitative and quantitative procedures was used on data collected from 180 households of riverine islands in Gaibandha, Bangladesh. The social vulnerability of riverine island communities was assessed based on their adaptation capacity, sensitivity, and exposure to climatic stressors. RESULTS: The findings show that char dwellers' vulnerability, impacts, and adaptation capability to climate change vary significantly depending on their proximity to the mainland. Social vulnerability factors such as geographical location, fragile and low-grade housing conditions, illiteracy and displacement, climate-sensitive occupation and low-income level, and so on caused to the in-height vulnerability level of these particular areas. This study also displays that climate change and its associated hazards cause severe life and livelihood concerns for almost all households. In this case, the riverine dwellers employed several adaptation strategies to enhance their way of life to the disaster brought on changing climate. However, low education facilities, deficiency of useful information on climate change, poor infrastructure, and shortage of money are still the supreme hindrance to the sustainability of adaptation. CONCLUSION: The findings underscore the importance of evaluating the susceptibility of local areas to climate change and emphasize the need for tailored local initiatives and policies to reduce vulnerability and enhance adaptability in communities residing in char households. |
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spelling | pubmed-104838732023-09-08 Social vulnerability, impacts and adaptations strategies in the face of natural hazards: insight from riverine islands of Bangladesh Hossain, Babul Shi, Guoqing Ajiang, Chen Sohel, Md. Salman Yijun, Liu BMC Public Health Research BACKGROUND: Bangladesh is one of the countries at risk of natural disasters due to climate change. In particular, inhabitants of its riverine islands (char) confront ongoing climatic events that heighten their vulnerability. This study aims to assess social vulnerability, impacts, and adaptation strategies to climate change in the riverine island areas of Bangladesh. METHODS: A mixed-method approach incorporating qualitative and quantitative procedures was used on data collected from 180 households of riverine islands in Gaibandha, Bangladesh. The social vulnerability of riverine island communities was assessed based on their adaptation capacity, sensitivity, and exposure to climatic stressors. RESULTS: The findings show that char dwellers' vulnerability, impacts, and adaptation capability to climate change vary significantly depending on their proximity to the mainland. Social vulnerability factors such as geographical location, fragile and low-grade housing conditions, illiteracy and displacement, climate-sensitive occupation and low-income level, and so on caused to the in-height vulnerability level of these particular areas. This study also displays that climate change and its associated hazards cause severe life and livelihood concerns for almost all households. In this case, the riverine dwellers employed several adaptation strategies to enhance their way of life to the disaster brought on changing climate. However, low education facilities, deficiency of useful information on climate change, poor infrastructure, and shortage of money are still the supreme hindrance to the sustainability of adaptation. CONCLUSION: The findings underscore the importance of evaluating the susceptibility of local areas to climate change and emphasize the need for tailored local initiatives and policies to reduce vulnerability and enhance adaptability in communities residing in char households. BioMed Central 2023-09-06 /pmc/articles/PMC10483873/ /pubmed/37674119 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-16497-8 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Hossain, Babul Shi, Guoqing Ajiang, Chen Sohel, Md. Salman Yijun, Liu Social vulnerability, impacts and adaptations strategies in the face of natural hazards: insight from riverine islands of Bangladesh |
title | Social vulnerability, impacts and adaptations strategies in the face of natural hazards: insight from riverine islands of Bangladesh |
title_full | Social vulnerability, impacts and adaptations strategies in the face of natural hazards: insight from riverine islands of Bangladesh |
title_fullStr | Social vulnerability, impacts and adaptations strategies in the face of natural hazards: insight from riverine islands of Bangladesh |
title_full_unstemmed | Social vulnerability, impacts and adaptations strategies in the face of natural hazards: insight from riverine islands of Bangladesh |
title_short | Social vulnerability, impacts and adaptations strategies in the face of natural hazards: insight from riverine islands of Bangladesh |
title_sort | social vulnerability, impacts and adaptations strategies in the face of natural hazards: insight from riverine islands of bangladesh |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10483873/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37674119 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-16497-8 |
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