Patterns and Factors of Natural Hazard Induced Out-migration from Meghna Estuarine Islands of Bangladesh

Siddiqui, Rezwan

doi:10.2478/geosc-2014-0003

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“…Hatiya faces flood risks also because it is situated only 10 m above the mean sea level, with about 25% area being below three meters. This low elevation increases its vulnerability to sea level rise experiencing the coastal zone in Bangladesh (Islam et al 2016;Shamsuddoha and Chowdhury 2007;Siddiqui 2014). The floods can be severe, with a depth as high as 1.83 m (Siddiqui 2014) and are often accompanied by saline water intrusion.…”

Section: Financial Capitalmentioning

confidence: 99%

Beyond the risks to food availability – linking climatic hazard vulnerability with the food access of delta-dwelling households

Islam

Mamun

2019

Food Sec.

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Although climate-driven hazards have been widely implicated as a key threat to food security in the delta regions of the developing world, the empirical basis of this assertion has centred predominantly on the food availability dimension of food security. Little is known if climatic hazards could affect the food access of delta-resident households and who is likely to be at risk and why. We explored these questions by using the data from a sample of households resident within the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) delta in Bangladesh. We used an index-based analytical approach by drawing on the vulnerability and food security literature. We computed separate vulnerability indices for flood, cyclone, and riverbank erosion and assessed their effects on household food access through regression modelling. All three vulnerability types demonstrated significant negative effects on food access; however, only flood vulnerability could significantly reduce a household's food access below an acceptable threshold. Households that were less dependent on natural resources for their livelihoodsincluding unskilled day labourers and grocery shop ownerswere significantly more likely to have unacceptable level of food access due to floods. Adaptive capacity, measured as a function of household asset endowments, proved more important in explaining food access than the exposuresensitivity to flood itself. Accordingly, we argue that improving food security in climatic hazard-prone areas of developing country deltas would require moving beyond agriculture or natural resources focus and promoting hazard-specific, all-inclusive and livelihood-focused asset-building interventions. We provide an example of a framework for such interventions and reflect on our analytical approach.

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Section: Financial Capitalmentioning

confidence: 99%

Beyond the risks to food availability – linking climatic hazard vulnerability with the food access of delta-dwelling households

Islam

Mamun

2019

Food Sec.

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“…Salah satu corak penghijrahan paling signifikan ialah luar bandar ke bandar. Kajian mengenai penghijrahan perlu mempertimbangkan faktor-faktor lain daripada konteks geografi kedua-dua tempat iaitu daripada tempat asal mereka dan tempat ditujui (Siddiqui, 2014). Penghijrahan berlaku atas pelbagai sebab.…”

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Faktor penghijrahan dan penumpuan bekas banduan di Jalan Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur

Jasni

Yusoff

et al. 2018

GEOGRAFIA

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AbstrakPenghijrahan bekas banduan dari tempat asal ke kawasan baru berlaku atas pelbagai sebab penolakan yang wujud dari tempat asal. Kesan penghijrahan ini membawa kepada penumpuan bekas banduan yang ramai di suatu tempat yang sama. Kajian yang dilakukan ini telah mendapati berlakunya penumpuan bekas banduan di sekitar Jalan Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur. Situasi yang berlaku ini amat membimbangkan apabila pengaruh jenayah boleh berlaku secara berterusan. Penumpuan rakan senasib akan mengalakkan aktiviti jenayah dan pengulangan jenayah lama seperti mencuri, merompak, meragut, mengambil dadah dan sebagainya. Oleh itu, sistem keadilan jenayah di Malaysia akan sering menemui kegagalan dalam memulihkan bekas banduan. Bekas banduan akan tetap kembali kepada sikap dan tingkah laku yang sama akibat jenis pergaulan yang dipilih. Temu bual mendalam telah dilakukan ke atas 16 orang bekas banduan yang mempunyai masalah ketagihan dadah tanpa mengira jenis kesalahan lepas. Analisis kajian telah memperlihatkan kecenderungan bekas banduan untuk berhijrah dari tempat asal dan rumah keluarga akibat daripada penolakan keluarga dan juga stigma yang wujud di tempat asal mereka. Dapatan kajian ini berupaya membekalkan maklumat dalam membuktikan punca penghijrahan bekas banduan di suatu tempat yang sama iaitu dalam kajian ini ialah di sekitar Jalan Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur. Penemuan ini dapat menyumbangkan hasil dapatan yang baru kepada sistem keadilan jenayah di Malaysia tentang penghijrahan dan penumpuan bekas banduan di suatu kawasan yang sama serta kesan-kesan yang boleh berlaku daripada penumpuan bekas banduan ini.Kata kunci: bekas banduan, faktor penarik, faktor penolak, jenayah, penghijrahan, penumpuan

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“…People living in coastal and offshore islands of Bangladesh have been facing a problem of losing their homes and sources of livelihoods by natural hazards and are forced to move further into the sea (Siddiqui 2014). The Table 2 shows that before their migration, the migrant families were greatly affected by catastrophic disaster causes loss of homestead, infrastructure, agriculture land, crops, livestock, and employment which actually forced them away to Nijhum Dwip.…”

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“…Migration is one of the most important survival strategies adopted by people in the face of natural or man-made disasters (IOM 2008, Siddiqui 2014. A number of factors influence people to migrate, often with a combination of forced and voluntary reasons combining to push them away from current situations and to pull them towards new situations.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Migrant Community of Nijhum Dwip: Comparative Importance of Livelihood Capitals to Adapt in This Island

Kumar

Luna

2018

J. Asiat. Soc. Bangladesh, Sci.

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The study attempts to explore the factors behind selecting Nijhum Dwip for migration and perceive the relative importance of livelihood capitals (Human, physical, natural, financial and social) for the climate change adaptation of migrant community. Both qualitative and quantitative approaches are followed in this study. Data are collected from primary and secondary sources. The study recognizes, people are moving to Nijhum Dwip rather shifting to main land despite facing numerous disasters like cyclone, river bank erosion, flood, storm surge, sea level rise, salinity intrusion and so on. This is mainly due to low price of land and no alternative place to shift. They consider physical capital as the strongest livelihood capital to adapt in this island followed by human capital, natural capital, financial capital as well as social capital are also suitable option for enhancing the adaptation of migrant community to settle there. Asiat. Soc. Bangladesh, Sci. 44(2): 127-136, December 2018

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Patterns and Factors of Natural Hazard Induced Out-migration from Meghna Estuarine Islands of Bangladesh

Cited by 9 publications

References 9 publications

Beyond the risks to food availability – linking climatic hazard vulnerability with the food access of delta-dwelling households

Beyond the risks to food availability – linking climatic hazard vulnerability with the food access of delta-dwelling households

Faktor penghijrahan dan penumpuan bekas banduan di Jalan Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur

Migrant Community of Nijhum Dwip: Comparative Importance of Livelihood Capitals to Adapt in This Island

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