Climate Change And Migration: Law and Policy Perspectives in Bangladesh

Naser, Mostafa Mahmud

doi:10.1017/als.2014.7

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“…Likewise, the capacity was assessed by using several criteria i.e., present status of local-level Govt. and NGOs structure for disaster management (Azad et al 2019;Seddiky et al 2020;Uddin et al 2020), present status of disaster preparedness plan (Khan 2008;Huq 2016;Islam et al 2021), sound and observed legislation about DRR and disaster preparedness (Banu 2015;Naser 2015;Shahjahan et al 2016), status of diversity of livelihood options in the community (Kamal 2013;Roy and Basu 2020;Sarker et al 2020), existing Govt. resource levels to minimize disaster risk (Khan and Rahman 2007;Afrin 2018), people knowledge level of different hazards (I.…”

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Evaluation of climate induced hazards risk for coastal Bangladesh: a participatory approach-based assessment

Faisal

Saha

Sattar

et al. 2021

Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk

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Bangladesh has been identified as one of the most susceptible countries to climate induced disasters. Geographical location of the country in the foothill of Himalayan system and in the mouth of north Bay of Bengal make it to experience frequent extreme environmental events such as flood, cyclone, draught, river erosion, sea level rise, salinity etc. The coastal region of Bangladesh is highly vulnerable to climate change and climate induced natural disasters. This study identifies the potential climate induced hazards, their vulnerability, capacity, associated risk and explores the potential strategies to reduce the disaster risk. This study was carried out in Uttar Bedkashi Union, Koyra Upazila under Khulna District in south west coastal region of Bangladesh. The information has been collected through individual level and key informant interview, focus group discussion, life history from local people to explore the context of the disaster risk and how they perceived it from their experiences. The study revealed that flooding as a result of high tide and salinity intrusion were the most prominent hazards followed by riverbank erosion and cyclone associated storm. Vulnerability assessment showed that cyclone associated storm surge was the major cause of vulnerabilities in the study area which followed by flooding and riverbank erosion. On the other hand, capacity assessment showed that community people have less capacity to deal with the multi-hazards risk. This study also revealed that riverbank erosion poses the highest risk in the study area followed by cyclone associated storm surge, flooding, and salinity intrusion. The study suggests some potential DRR strategy such as build disaster resilient house using indigenous and scientific knowledge, build or improve embankments, build or improve the communication roads, improve rain water harvesting system, provision of community-based health care center, create alternative and sustainable livelihood opportunity such as self-sustaining agriculture systems and further development of sustainable shrimp farming. The outcome of this study is expected to be useful for preparing an effective disaster risk mitigation plan by decision-makers. Further in-depth research on ARTICLE HISTORY

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Section: Methods For Risk Assessmentmentioning

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Evaluation of climate induced hazards risk for coastal Bangladesh: a participatory approach-based assessment

Faisal

Saha

Sattar

et al. 2021

Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk

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“…Article 18A of the Constitution of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh (1972) holds that, ‘the State shall endeavour to protect and improve the environment and to preserve and safeguard the natural resources, bio-diversity, wetlands, forests and wild life for the present and future citizens’. Despite this constitutional duty to protect the environment, the provision ‘does not establish any corresponding rights for displaced people or those who are at risk of displacement due to failures to protect the environment’ (Naser, 2015). Migrants and displaced people need to be mainstreamed in the Bangladesh’s law and policy framework to be afforded appropriate and comprehensive protections by the State and realise this right as recognised by the Bangladesh Constitution.…”

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“…The Bangladesh National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA) (Ministry of Environment and Forests, 2005) and Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan (BCCSAP) (Ministry of Environment and Forests, 2009) also play an important role in developing strategic responses to the impacts of climate change. The NAPA was developed in 2005 to guide national and international responses to climate risks and to integrate such responses into development plans and processes (Naser, 2015). It provides discussion on adaptation strategies that can be undertaken, including enhancing the resilience of urban infrastructure and industries from the impacts of climate change and preparing vulnerable communities for internal emergencies (Ministry of Environment and Forests, 2005).…”

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Mainstreaming Internal Migration in Law and Policy Frameworks in Bangladesh: Analysis of a Rights-Based Approach to a Wicked Policy Problem

Alam

Endacott

2022

The Journal of Environment & Development

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Internal migration presents many challenges for governmental coordination due to the extensive and immediate action required to address this problem. However, it also poses opportunities regarding education, employment and living conditions, if the government creates pull factors to distribute migration away from primary to secondary cities. This process will require a rights-based approach, whereby the rights of internal migrants are mainstreamed in government planning to enable sustainable migration to Bangladesh’s secondary cities. In this paper, the current international human rights and internal migration laws will be analysed, alongside the domestic laws and policies relevant to internal migration in Bangladesh. In doing so, this paper will explore how government policy and action can employ a rights-based approach to incorporate internal migration within the government’s overarching development framework. A rights-based approach is necessary to effectively prepare for, and adapt to, the increase in internal migration in an equitable way.

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“…The interest that this issue has raised in the scientific community is such that in the last decade the number of articles which link Climate Change to an increase in migratory movements that are a result of attempts to adapt to the environment [ 8 , 20 , 23 , 29 , 35 , 36 , 38 , 64 ]. Of note are studies carried out in Africa [ 22 , 25 , 39 , 42 , 58 ], Asia [ 12 , 17 , 40 , 56 , 59 , 65 ], America [ 21 , 37 , 41 , 54 , 63 ] and, to a lesser extent, Europe [ 16 , 28 ].…”

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Climate change-induced migration: a bibliometric review

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Background This paper has reviewed the international research on the terms “climate change” and “human migration” from 1999 to 2019. To this end, a bibliometric and a cluster analysis by fractional accounting have been carried out using two of the most important databases: Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus. The research found and studied 140 documents from WoS Core Collection and 193 from Scopus. Results The results show a continual increase in the number of articles published and citations received during the whole period studied. The U.S., U.K., Germany and China have been shown to be the most productive countries and there is a predominance of North American organizations supporting and fostering research on these topics. Conclusions The main contribution of this article is the analysis of new tendencies. The trend shows a transition from concepts such as vulnerability, climate change, land degradation, refugees and security to others such as concepts such as international migration, climate justice, sustainability, human rights and disaster risk reduction. Future research in this field should address the comparison of results from research focused on human beings to a focus on other living beings.

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Climate Change And Migration: Law and Policy Perspectives in Bangladesh

Cited by 11 publications

References 6 publications

Evaluation of climate induced hazards risk for coastal Bangladesh: a participatory approach-based assessment

Evaluation of climate induced hazards risk for coastal Bangladesh: a participatory approach-based assessment

Mainstreaming Internal Migration in Law and Policy Frameworks in Bangladesh: Analysis of a Rights-Based Approach to a Wicked Policy Problem

Climate change-induced migration: a bibliometric review

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