Nexus between vulnerability and adaptive capacity of drought-prone rural households in northern Bangladesh

Salam, Roquia; Islam, Abu Reza Md. Towfiqul; Shill, Badhon Kumar; Alam, G. M. Monirul; Hasanuzzaman, Hasanuzzaman; Hasan, Morshadul; Ibrahim, Sobhy M.; Shouse, Roger C.

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“…Consequently, the values of vulnerability level exist on the scale from 0 and 1. The used weights are allocated based on the existing literature conducted by scholars from home and abroad (Khan 2012;Rakib et al 2019;Salam et al 2021b).…”

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“…The respondents who have a primary and secondary level of education have been experiencing a similar mean level of vulnerability (high), whereas people with higher educational qualifications experience a lower level of vulnerability. Individual's educational qualification effects the livelihood choices which eventually controls the levels of both socioeconomic and physical and overall vulnerability level (Satter and Cheung 2019; Salam et al 2021aSalam et al , 2021b). An educated person possesses more knowledge about the mitigation and adaptation strategies against natural hazards and disasters and can implement a correct concept to deal with the devastating natural phenomena, making them capable of becoming more resilient (Lucas and Pabuayon, 2011;Roco et al 2015;Ullah et al 2015).…”

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Vulnerability assessment based on household views from the Dammar Char in Southeastern Bangladesh

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Assessing vulnerability is vital for developing new strategies and improving the existing ones to fulfill contemporary demands toward achieving a disaster-resilient society. Dammar Char is situated in the southeastern (SE) coastal region of Bangladesh that has experienced frequent coastal hazards and disasters throughout the year. The present study has constructed a vulnerability index utilizing the quantitative and qualitative data based on household surveys to evaluate the vulnerability of the people and community of Dammar Char. Data were collected from 180 respondents during November–December 2018. The results demonstrate that, on average, the people living in the studied area have a high vulnerability (value of the vulnerability index 0.7015) to coastal hazards and disasters. The vulnerability level differs from individual to individual based on their gender, educational status, financial capacity, structural strength of houses, perception of the respective hazards and disasters, etc. Females have experienced more vulnerability than their adult male counterparts. The natural vulnerability was higher than socioeconomic and physical vulnerability due to the increase in unpredictable extreme climate-induced coastal events. To combat the adverse impacts of coastal hazards and disasters, the local Dammar Char inhabitants have adopted several adaptation measures. The adapted measures are homestead gardening, working in seasonal day labor, fish drying, rearing sheep, and ducks, constructing plinths for elevating the floor of the house, extensive banana cultivation, and storage of dry foods to reduce their vulnerability.

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Vulnerability assessment based on household views from the Dammar Char in Southeastern Bangladesh

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“…Drought is already a recurrent problem in Bangladesh, mainly in vulnerable northern regions [6,7]. Over the past 50 years, the country has endured over 20 major droughts [8].…”

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“…Climate change-related drought is increasing such external stresses on citizens and communities in Bangladesh [6]. Between 1980 and 2019, it is estimated that economic loss to drought amounted to $21 billion nationally, with approximately 12 million people impacted [7]. Drought particularly affects the economic viability of agricultural systems through reducing water available for irrigation [14].…”

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Gendered Perspectives on Climate Change Adaptation: A Quest for Social Sustainability in Badlagaree Village, Bangladesh

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Climate change effects cause major socioeconomic challenges for marginalized groups, particularly women, in Bangladesh. Specifically, drought increases resource scarcity, causing social problems that impact women, which can be described as the gendered sociocultural construction of vulnerabilities. Given this constructed dimension of gender-based vulnerability, this paper explores the effects of drought on marginalized women in one local case study, namely Badlagaree village in Gaibandha district, Bangladesh. To examine this linkage, we collected qualitative primary data using ethnographic research methods, primarily focus group discussions. Findings show that gender-based vulnerability is increasing due to growing drought effects, including agricultural production loss. Marginalized women, because of their gender identity, encounter these drought effects through unemployment, food insecurity, illiteracy, early marriage, dowry costs and violence. While further national-scale research is required, this paper argues that in order to overcome such gender-based vulnerability, current development policies, social programs, and adaptation strategies should better recognize such social dynamics. Further, a gender-specific understanding requires incorporation into adaptation policies through greater collaborative governance as an important prerequisite for sustainability.

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“…Drought is relatively more volatile than other natural disasters, and traditional valuations or forecast procedures are failed to predict it. Its relatively unperceptive onset and the multifaceted impacts cause the new assessment methodologies [1][2][3][4][5]. Since last decades, it has become more prominent to distress the environment and economic sectors worldwide than other natural hazards [6][7][8].…”

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Prediction for Various Drought Classes Using Spatiotemporal Categorical Sequences

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Drought frequently spreads across large spatial and time scales and is more complicated than other natural disasters that can damage economic and other natural resources worldwide. However, improved drought monitoring and forecasting techniques can help to minimize the vulnerability of society to drought and its consequent influences. This emphasizes the need for improved drought monitoring tools and assessment techniques that provide information more precisely about drought occurrences. Therefore, this study developed a new method, Model-Based Clustering for Spatio-Temporal Categorical Sequences (MBCSTCS), that uses state selection procedures through finite mixture modeling and model-based clustering. The MBCSTCS uses the functional structure of first-order Markov model components for modeling each data group. In MBCSTCS, the suitable order K of the components is selected by Bayesian information criterion (BIC). In MBCSTCS, the estimated mixing proportions and the posterior probabilities are used to compute probability distribution associated with the future steps of transitions. Furthermore, MBCSTCS predicts drought occurrences in future time using spatiotemporal categorical sequences of various drought classes. The MBCSTCS is applied to the six meteorological stations in the northern area of Pakistan. Moreover, it is found that MBCSTCS provides expeditious information for the long-term spatiotemporal categorical sequences. These findings may be helpful to make plans for early warning systems, water resource management, and drought mitigation policies to decrease the severe effects of drought.

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Nexus between vulnerability and adaptive capacity of drought-prone rural households in northern Bangladesh

Cited by 22 publications

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Vulnerability assessment based on household views from the Dammar Char in Southeastern Bangladesh

Vulnerability assessment based on household views from the Dammar Char in Southeastern Bangladesh

Gendered Perspectives on Climate Change Adaptation: A Quest for Social Sustainability in Badlagaree Village, Bangladesh

Prediction for Various Drought Classes Using Spatiotemporal Categorical Sequences

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