Flood vulnerability, local perception and gender role judgment using multivariate analysis: A problem-based “participatory action to Future Skill Management” to cope with flood impacts

Rakib, Muntaha; Islam, Shakibul; Iliopoulos, Nikolaos; Bodrud-Doza, Md.; Bhuiyan, Mohammad Amir Hossain

doi:10.1016/j.wace.2017.10.002

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“…This is more significant in char villages due to poor infrastructure. During floods, women feel insecure in their households, and in shelters, they become victims of violence and face other gender-related problems reported in other studies (Nasreen 2012;Rakib et al 2017).…”

Section: Determinants Influencing the Level Of Vulnerabilitiesmentioning

confidence: 83%

Gender-based differences in flood vulnerability among men and women in the char farming households of Bangladesh

Naz

Saqib²

2021

Nat Hazards

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Gender and vulnerability are important issues to examine in the context of flooding caused by climate change. Men and women around the world adapt differently to climate change effects and natural disasters. Therefore, this study examines men and women's level of vulnerabilities and their choices of livelihood practices in char farming households in Zanjira, Bangladesh. The study used primary and secondary data. Both qualitative and quantitative were collected. Quantitative data were collected from a household survey of 115 men and 114 women using a questionnaire. Qualitative data were collected through 15 key informant interviews, 30 focus group discussions, and 18 in-depth interviews. Quantitative and qualitative methods were used to assess men and women's vulnerabilities, including three indices of vulnerability measuring access to livelihood assets were used. A hierarchical regression model was used to perform a gender-based analysis. The percentile score for men was 0.430 units higher than for women, revealing that male respondents were less vulnerable than female respondents in the study area. The results of the regression model showed that the use of gender as an explanatory variable increased the explanatory power of the model and was highly significant. The overall findings of quantitative and qualitative data analysis revealed that floods' impacts were different for men and women and that women were more vulnerable overall, in part because of gender-related sociocultural norms. These differentials in vulnerabilities affected men and women's ability to respond and recover from floods and adapt to new opportunities when disaster strikes.

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confidence: 83%

Gender-based differences in flood vulnerability among men and women in the char farming households of Bangladesh

Naz

Saqib²

2021

Nat Hazards

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“…Cities deliver emergency services for evacuation and relief in case of occurrence of a flood event and provide avenues to diversify their income [36,38]. Moreover, cities provide various services like health, credits, agriculture extension, livelihood, and farm management training that help rural households during and after a flood event [101,102]. In the aftermath of a flood, a city provides durable and non-durable goods through markets and aid agencies, for example, material for shelter and house construction, fertilizers, tools and technology, and food items that help rural households to cope and revive their livelihoods [103,104].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Infrastructural factors are vital in influencing vulnerability to flooding hazards. Limited access as well as damages resulting from floods to farm-market roads, sanitation facilities, water supply, telecommunication, and electricity services, increase vulnerability [73,101]. In South Asian and African countries, poor and/or damaged infrastructure restricts the mobility of rural households, increases transportation cost, hinders rescue and relief operations, affects the information exchange between cities and rural areas in the case of the flood event [5,40,82].…”

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A Conceptual Framework to Understand the Dynamics of Rural–Urban Linkages for Rural Flood Vulnerability

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Rural areas are highly vulnerable to floods due to limited social, economic, and physical resources. Understanding rural vulnerability is vital for developing effective disaster risk reduction strategies. Even though rural areas and cities are intrinsically linked, rural vulnerability was assessed without considering its relation to cities. Numerous theoretical frameworks on systemizing and assessing vulnerability were developed with varying level of scope and depth in terms of scale, dimensions, and components. Nevertheless, these frameworks did not explicitly mention the impact of flood or other hazards on the linkages between spatial units i.e., rural and urban. This study aims to understand and conceptualize the rural vulnerability with respect to the dynamics of rural–urban linkages in the case of flood events. To do so, current literature on rural–urban linkages, vulnerability, as well as factors that influence them were critically reviewed. Taking into account the main elements of rural–urban linkages (flow of people, information, finances, goods and services), components of vulnerability (exposure, susceptibility, and capacity), and factors (social, economic, institutional, infrastructural, spatial, and environmental), a unified framework is proposed. The framework underscores that the role of rural–urban linkages is essential to fully understand rural flood vulnerability. Moreover, the framework highlights the role of spatial factors—city size and proximity to the city—as crucial to comprehend rural vulnerability. This framework can be used as a tool for understanding multifaceted rural vulnerability for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction considering spatial development perspective. In this context, empirical investigations can be made to validate the proposed framework and policies can be introduced accordingly. Overall, the proposed framework can help recognize concepts and links of vulnerability, rural–urban dependencies, and rural development dynamics.

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“…Резултати истраживања показују да су жене током катастрофа задужене за припремање и сервирање хране, бригу о члановима домаћинства и стоки, прибављање чисте воде и помоћи, одржавање комуникације са другим члановима заједнице, охрабривање чланова породице и чување имања за време мужевљевог одсуства. Од жена се очекује да обављају све ове послове зато што је то њихова обавеза проистекла из социјално наметнуте традиције (Rakib et al, 2017). Резултати истраживања спроведеног у чилеанском рибарском насељу Ел Моро, које је 2010. године погођено земљотресом и цунамијем, показали су да су евакуациони процеси родно обојени, те да је угроженост жена од насиља и узнемиравања увећана небезбедним условима у хуманитарним камповима где немају свој приватни простор (Rajbhandari, 2016).…”

Section: резултати и дискусијаunclassified

“…Резултати истраживања спроведеног у чилеанском рибарском насељу Ел Моро, које је 2010. године погођено земљотресом и цунамијем, показали су да су евакуациони процеси родно обојени, те да је угроженост жена од насиља и узнемиравања увећана небезбедним условима у хуманитарним камповима где немају свој приватни простор (Rajbhandari, 2016). У различитим фазама одговора на катастрофе изазване поплавама, тинејџерке и жене средњих година посебно су угрожене док траже помоћ или храну за себе и своју породицу (Rakib et al, 2017). Доступност прве помоћи и здравствене заштите, како у самим камповима тако и у званичним здравственим установама, такође је родно обојена (Garai, 2016;Hines, 2007).…”

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The vulnerability of women from the consequences of a natural disaster: A case study of Svilajnac

Cvetkovic¹,

Svrdlin²

2020

Bezbednost, Beograd

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Citizens' vulnerability to disaster is a function of both physical and social factors. Gendered disaster social science rests on the social fact of gender as a primary organizing principle of societies and the conviction that gender must be addressed if we are to claim knowledge about all people living in environments susceptible to natural hazards. The main goal of the research is scientific description and explication of gender dimension of citizens' vulnerability to natural disasters caused by floods in Svilajnac municipality in 2014. One hundred fifteen citizens from Svilajnac were interviewed using multi-pass random sampling. We draw on social vulnerability theory to understand the ways in which such events are perceived and managed by citizens of different gender. Descriptive statistical analysis and chi-square test were employed to compare actual impacts. This study revealed that majority of the people felt directly threatened by the destructive consequences of flood hazards. All gendered impacts reported were not statistically significant, except for the psychological dimension of vulnerability because women tend to be more afraid and express more worry during floods. This paper contributes to the gender-focused literature that aims to provide a regional understanding of the differential and gendered consequences of natural disasters on men and women in the central Balkans. Results of this research can be used for improving gender-responsive national plans and strategies for disaster risk reduction.

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Flood vulnerability, local perception and gender role judgment using multivariate analysis: A problem-based “participatory action to Future Skill Management” to cope with flood impacts

Cited by 58 publications

References 18 publications

Gender-based differences in flood vulnerability among men and women in the char farming households of Bangladesh

Gender-based differences in flood vulnerability among men and women in the char farming households of Bangladesh

A Conceptual Framework to Understand the Dynamics of Rural–Urban Linkages for Rural Flood Vulnerability

The vulnerability of women from the consequences of a natural disaster: A case study of Svilajnac

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