Extreme weather and marriage among girls and women in Bangladesh

Carrico, Amanda R.; Donato, Katharine M.; Best, Kelsea; Gilligan, Jonathan M.

doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2020.102160

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“…Although not the focus of this Review, we provide an overview with summary characteristics of the excluded studies exploring the effects of earthquakes, tsunamis, or unspecified natural disasters on GBV (n=26; appendix pp 27-32). Studies were done in more than 40 countries, including: the USA (n=9), [29][30][31][32][33][34][35]42,44 Bangladesh (n=7), 38,41,43,47,52,61,60 India (n=5), 45,48,56,57,59 the Philippines (n=4), 3,8,39,66 Australia (n=3), [63][64][65] Kenya (n=2), 49,58 Belize, 36 Fiji, 67 Haiti, 37 Indonesia, 66 Laos, 66 New Zealand, 40 Pakistan, 46 Peru, 50 Tanzania, 51 Vietnam, 39 and Spain. 62 Four studies included multiple (unspecified) countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Asia.…”

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“…62 Four studies included multiple (unspecified) countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Asia. 57,[53][54][55] 20 publications were quantitative, [29][30][31][32][33]35,36,44,49,50,51,[53][54][55][56][57]59,[61][62][63] 15 were qualitative, 3,8,34,[37][38][39]42,45,47,48,58,60,64,65,67 and six were mixedmethods. 40,41,43,46,52,66 All quantitative studies were either cross-sectional or ecological, whereas qualitative studies used in-depth interviews (n=15), 3,8,[37][38]...…”

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Extreme events and gender-based violence: a mixed-methods systematic review

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Davey

et al. 2022

The Lancet Planetary Health

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Extreme events and gender-based violence: a mixed-methods systematic review

Daalen

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Davey

et al. 2022

The Lancet Planetary Health

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“…Thus, if we take these trends and extrapolate that further dredging could supply 10% of the 462 × 10 6 m 3 of sediment available for repurposing after dredging operations, this would result in 46.2 × 10 6 m 3 of sediment dredged—which could elevate 456 000–547 000 houses with mud plinths or elevate 415–500 km of embankments. With a mean household of 4.3 persons (Carrico et al, 2020), repurposing the dredge spoils can impact ~2.4 million people throughout the Ganges Delta (nearly 35% of the population in the tidal delta plain west of the Baleswari River).…”

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Flood risk of embanked areas and potential use of dredge spoils as mitigation measures in the southwest region of the Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna Delta, Bangladesh

Valentine

Wilson

Rahman

2022

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In the 1960s, earthen embankments, locally known as polders, were first constructed in the Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna (GBM) Delta with the intention of protecting agricultural lands from salinity; however, unintended consequences of the barriers have negatively impacted the region. Once‐active distributary channels have morphed into terminal, headless tidal channels as the sediment‐laden water that was once dispersed across the tidal delta plain is now restricted by embankments. Elevation loss within embankments and channel siltation adjacent to embankments are deleterious consequences of hard engineering and pose significant flood risk when effective sea level rise is considered. The purpose of this study is to assess the current and future flood risks of the embanked areas in the southwest region of the GBM Delta and to expand on the potential for local‐based solutions (e.g. mud plinths and embankments). We propose a novel source of material for these structures—repurposed dredge spoils. Project sites are along terminal tidal channels, proximal to coastal towns in the southwest region of the delta. We calculate here that as the effective sea level rise will continue to increase in the years to come, the flood risk will correspondingly increase (>67%). Geospatial analyses reveal that several prominent tidal channels have reduced in width over the last 30+ years, and recent dredging operations removed ~1.7 × 106 m3 of sediment infill. Using conservative values, we estimate that the dredge spoils could be used to elevate ~20 000 houses on mud plinths or raise 18 km of existing embankments. On a delta‐wide scale, if all infilled tidal channels were dredged to 10% of their original widths, ~547 000 houses could be raised above the flood levels and ~500 km of embankments could be elevated. With a mean household population of 4.3 people, repurposing dredge spoils can positively impact ~2.4 million people within the vulnerable southwest region of the GBM Delta.

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“…Human geographers and demographers have previously studied the effects of climate variability on health [ 24 , 25 ], migration [ 26 – 28 ], and mortality [ 29 ]. Climatic extremes have already adverse effects on Bangladesh’s population sectors, including child mortality [ 30 ], migration [ 31 ], and child marriage [ 32 – 34 ]. In this study, we are interested in the effect of climate change on fertility, which has received less attention [ 35 ].…”

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The link between climate change, food security and fertility: The case of Bangladesh

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Climate change is likely to worsen the food security situation through its impact on food production, which may indirectly affect fertility behaviour. This study examines the direct and indirect effects of climate change (e.g., temperature and precipitation) via the production of major crops, as well as their short- and long-term effects on the total fertility rate (TFR) in Bangladesh. We used structural equation modelling (SEM) to perform path analysis and distinguish the direct influence of climate change on fertility and its indirect influence on fertility through food security. We also applied the error correction model (ECM) to analyze the time-series data on temperature and precipitation, crop production and fertility rate of Bangladesh from 1966 to 2015. The results show that maximum temperature has a direct effect and indirect negative effect–via crop production–on TFR, while crop production has a direct positive effect and indirect negative effect–via infant mortality–on TFR. In the short term, TFR responds negatively to the maximum temperature but positively in the long term. The effect of rainfall on TFR is found to be direct, positive, but mainly short-term. Although indicators of economic development play an important part in the fertility decline in Bangladesh, some climate change parameters and crop production are non-negligible factors.

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Extreme weather and marriage among girls and women in Bangladesh

Cited by 42 publications

References 66 publications

Extreme events and gender-based violence: a mixed-methods systematic review

Extreme events and gender-based violence: a mixed-methods systematic review

Flood risk of embanked areas and potential use of dredge spoils as mitigation measures in the southwest region of the Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna Delta, Bangladesh

The link between climate change, food security and fertility: The case of Bangladesh

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