Assessment of climate change vulnerability of farm households in Pyapon District, a delta region in Myanmar

Oo, Aung Tun; Huylenbroeck, Guido Van; Speelman, Stijn

doi:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2018.02.012

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“…[1,2] Percentage of HHs in which family members have chronic illness Yes = 1, No = 0 Chronic illness increases vulnerability. [4,13] Percentage of HHs receiving treatment from a local doctor during illness Yes = 1, No = 0 Treatment from a local doctor increases vulnerability. [14,15,17] Percentage of HHs having a sanitary latrine Yes = 1, No = 0 Using sanitary latrine decreases vulnerability.…”

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“…Yes = 1, No = 0 Facing increased winter period increases vulnerability. [4,13] Facing gradually increasing summer period from last 10 years. Yes = 1, No = 0 Facing increased summer period increases vulnerability.…”

Section: Climatic Variabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Yes = 1, No = 0 HHs without solid house shows vulnerability. [4,13] Percentage of HHs with house affected by floods. Yes = 1, No = 0 Houses affected by floods increase vulnerability.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, these burdens may fuel the exploration of potential adaptive capacities of resource-poor communities [11,12]. The extent of people's susceptibility is increased due to the increasing vulnerability to natural hazards of almost all spheres of life, like the social, physical, human, financial, and natural dimensions [13,14]. Though the effect of natural hazards may be occasional, seasonal, or year-round [15,16], the extent of exposure is not the same for all communities.A context-specific approach is required for exploring and assessing vulnerability to draft proper policy and strategy at all administrative levels and reduce adverse effects on livelihoods [4,17,18].…”

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Livelihood Vulnerability of Riverine-Island Dwellers in the Face of Natural Disasters in Bangladesh

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Bangladesh is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world. In particular, its riverine-island (char) dwellers face continuous riverbank erosion, frequent flooding, and other adverse effects of climate change that increase their vulnerability. This paper aims to assess the livelihood vulnerability of riverine communities by applying the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) vulnerability framework and the livelihood vulnerability index (LVI). Results indicate substantial variation in the vulnerability of char dwellers based on mainland proximity. The main drivers of livelihood vulnerability are char-dweller adaptation strategies and access to food and health services. The study further reveals that riverbank erosion, frequent flood inundation, and lack of employment and access to basic public services are the major social and natural drivers of livelihood vulnerability. Char-based policy focusing on short-and long-term strategy is required to reduce livelihood vulnerability and enhance char-dweller resilience.2 of 23 seasons are becoming drier. Challenges such as these are harmful not only to human life but also to the landscape that serves as the basis for successful agricultural activity, e.g., cropping patterns, pest infestations, crop yields, and water availability. Char dwellers regularly lose their agricultural assets, crops, livestock, and poultry, as well as the fiscal and human capital needed to maintain economic success and overall survival.Vulnerability is an emerging concept across disciplines, useful in understanding and assessing the status of people's condition in the face of natural hazards. The major characteristics of vulnerability are dynamic and influence people's social and biophysical processes and systems [2]. Significant mobilization is necessary from the government, nongovernmental organizations, researchers, and farmers to develop successful adaptation strategies [8,9]. The people of developing countries are a vulnerable community due to excessive dependency on agriculture and having low income [10]. However, these burdens may fuel the exploration of potential adaptive capacities of resource-poor communities [11,12]. The extent of people's susceptibility is increased due to the increasing vulnerability to natural hazards of almost all spheres of life, like the social, physical, human, financial, and natural dimensions [13,14]. Though the effect of natural hazards may be occasional, seasonal, or year-round [15,16], the extent of exposure is not the same for all communities.A context-specific approach is required for exploring and assessing vulnerability to draft proper policy and strategy at all administrative levels and reduce adverse effects on livelihoods [4,17,18]. The interaction between people and their biophysical and social environment is readily used to assess the development-policy framework by using specific indicators [19], representing context-specific adaptation strategies [20], to compare and monitor the extent of vulnerability over time, space, and reso...

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Section: Climatic Variabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Yes = 1, No = 0 HHs without solid house shows vulnerability. [4,13] Percentage of HHs with house affected by floods. Yes = 1, No = 0 Houses affected by floods increase vulnerability.…”

Section: Climatic Variabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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“…Assessing climate change vulnerability is a widely complex challenge and has become a multidisciplinary task since it affects several areas of activities and resources [19][20][21]. There have been several recent studies that aimed to assess the effects of climate change on coastal cities by using different approaches [22][23][24][25][26].…”

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Assessment of Socio-Environmental Vulnerability Due to Tropical Cyclones in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico

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Climate change will increase the likelihood of adverse events such as droughts, forest fires, and intensification of tropical cyclones, which are known to cause flooding (IPCC, 2014). The effects of these events are a cause of concern for both authorities and citizens, so they prioritize actions that reduce adverse impacts, especially in cities with higher risk. Therefore, the objective of this work was to measure the degree of socio-environmental vulnerability of households to identify the risk areas in the city of La Paz, Baja California Sur, one of the regions with a high degree of incidence of hurricanes in the northwest of Mexico. For this, surveys were carried out with heads of households in 251 homes, and information was aggregated to calculate the vulnerability index through principal components analysis (PCA), which were stratified by the Dalenius-Hodges method, the degree of vulnerability was classified into three categories by the Opiyo method, considering three strata of the Likert scale, 1 = highly vulnerable, 2 = moderately vulnerable, 3 = less vulnerable. The results showed that households that are in the highly vulnerable category are 33% within a range of the index −3.77243 to −0.939141. Moderately vulnerable households constitute 36% with values from −0.929141 to 0.956385. While the least vulnerable represent 31% of households with an index range of 0.966385 to 5.6952. The results have revealed the levels of high and moderate socio-environmental vulnerability by tropical cyclones of 69% homes in La Paz. The above allowed to generate risk maps that will be taken into account in planning and civil protection over adverse events.Sustainability 2020, 12, 1575 2 of 11 depends on the differences between susceptibility, which includes exposure and sensitivity, and on the other hand, the ability to cope with or recover from the damage caused, which is known as resilience.One of the vulnerabilities due to heavy rainfall related to cyclones and rainfall is the large number of people in urban areas exposed to episodes of flooding, especially in informal settlements. It is estimated that about 600 million people by the year 2100 will be prone to hurricane impacts [2] and it is considered that the greatest effects of climate change will occur in coastal areas, as the average sea level will have increased by 38 cm from 1990 to 2080, the number of people susceptible to flooding in low-lying areas will increase five times [3].The destructive potential of tropical cyclones (TC) has increased markedly since the 1970s. According to Emanuel Kerry [4], the power dissipation of TC is highly correlated with the sea surface temperature, muti-decadal oscillations and global warming. The risk and exposure to natural disasters will be significantly increased if we consider the increase in the population that lives in coastal areas and the increase in the destructive potential of the TCs in both the North Pacific Ocean and the North Atlantic. In the case of Mexico, during the last three decades, both exposure factors and v...

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Evaluating Adaptation Strategies to Coastal Multihazards in Sundarban Biosphere Reserve, India, Using Composite Adaptation Index: A Household-Level Analysis

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Assessment of climate change vulnerability of farm households in Pyapon District, a delta region in Myanmar

Cited by 52 publications

References 18 publications

Livelihood Vulnerability of Riverine-Island Dwellers in the Face of Natural Disasters in Bangladesh

Livelihood Vulnerability of Riverine-Island Dwellers in the Face of Natural Disasters in Bangladesh

Assessment of Socio-Environmental Vulnerability Due to Tropical Cyclones in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Evaluating Adaptation Strategies to Coastal Multihazards in Sundarban Biosphere Reserve, India, Using Composite Adaptation Index: A Household-Level Analysis

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