Riverbank erosion displacees in Bangladesh: need for institutional response and policy intervention

Islam, Fakrul; Rashid, Anm Baslur

doi:10.3329/bioethics.v2i2.9540

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“…Bangladesh is a riverine country in the Southeast Asia where natural disasters are a very common phenomenon due to its geo territorial location, land characteristics, multiplicity of rivers and monsoon climate (Yeasmin & Islam, 2011). As a result, river bank erosion is one of the major devastating ongoing natural disaster for the country (Islam & Rashid, 2011). Large number of people in this region live along the rivers and are more likely to be affected by bank erosion (Das et al, 2017).…”

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Impact of River Bank Erosion on Mental Health and Coping Capacity in Bangladesh

SarzamArobi

Naher

Soron³

2019

Global Psychiatry

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ObjectivesRiverbank erosion is a regular phenomenon that displaces millions of people every year worldwide. More than 100,000 people are displaced due to river erosion every year in Bangladesh. People have to resettle in a different place leaving behind their property and familiar environment. This transformation with economic crisis acts as a major stressor for the persons and their families. However, people may adapt different strategies to adapt this difficult situation and keep themselves healthy. They might have higher coping skills due to what they had to endure. This study aimed to find out the difference in the mental health status and coping strategies among the river bank erosion affected and non-affected people in BangladeshMethodsWe interviewed 100 adult respondents, of whom 50 had been affected and 50 had never been affected by river erosion in Bangladesh. All the participants completed self-report sociodemographic questionnaires; their mental state was evaluated with the Bangla version of the General Health Questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12) and the coping was measured using the COPE scale.ResultThe mental health well-being score of the affected group was significantly lower than the non-affected group. However, accounting for gender, income and age, the affected group had lower mean score in coping (55.86) then the non-affected group (64.04). However, the difference was not statistically significant.ConclusionsRiverbank erosion is a major natural disaster in Bangladesh that makes people vulnerable to mental disorder. However, it receives less attention; we hope this study will stimulate future researcher to explore mental state and coping mechanism in multiple perspectives and develop evidence-based service for them.

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Impact of River Bank Erosion on Mental Health and Coping Capacity in Bangladesh

SarzamArobi

Naher

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2019

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“…Bangladesh is a Riverine country and the largest delta of the world (Islam and Rashid, 2011). The natural setting of this country is between the Himalayas and the Bay of Bengal together with the prevalence of tropical monsoon climate (Rana and Nessa, 2017).…”

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Livelihood Analysis of the Char Dwellers Using Capital Asset Framework

Rahman

Siddik

2019

J. Environ. Sci. & Natural Resources

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The study has been carried out in a Riverine Island of the Ganges River in Chapai Nawabganj District of Bangladesh to evaluate the livelihood status and the association between different livelihood capitals and well-being status. Both qualitative and quantitative data are collected through household questionnaire survey and field observation. Most of the surveyed households are found either poor or hard core poor. This study identified five capitals of livelihood i.e. human, social, natural, financial and physical capitals with specific indicators. Family size and education indicators of human capital, organizational attachment of social capital, total and operational land of natural capital, value of livestock, size of savings and loan of financial capital and mobile phone of physical capital are statistically significant with the well-being status. This means higher value of indicators indicate higher the well-being status. Hence, this study assumes that most of the char dwellers are poor or hard core poor because their livelihood capitals and assets are not in satisfactory level. This study suggests providing necessary institutional and organizational supports for strengthening the livelihood of char dwellers. J. Environ. Sci. & Natural Resources, 11(1-2): 27-36 2018

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“…Between 1973 and2004, about 877.90 km 2 of land had been eroded along the Jamuna (Lower Brahmaputra) and 293.90 km 2 along the Padma (Lower Ganges) (CEGIS 2009). Along the bank line there are 283 locations, 85 towns and growth centers are vulnerable to erosion (Islam and Rashid 2011) and about 15-20 million people are at risk from the effects of erosion (Hutton and Haque 2003;Rahman et al 2015). As a result, a large number of people become homeless due to river bank erosion and they migrate to cities or nearest town and live in the urban slum areas (CEGIS 2009;Das and Bela 2011).…”

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Exploring impacts and livelihood vulnerability of riverbank erosion hazard among rural household along the river Padma of Bangladesh

2017

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Background: Riverbank erosion has both direct and indirect effects on human life and socio-economy of Bangladesh. The present study investigated the riverbank erosion hazard in study area, its impacts on local people and livelihood vulnerability due to land loss. Methods:To evaluate the riverbank erosion hazard in the study area, data have been collected from relevant scientific literatures, different government and non-government organizations, informal interview, questionnaire survey and Focused Group Discussion; and analyzed through different computer program and index. Comparing to the right bank, left bank was more vulnerable to erosion which destroyed the permanent stable lands. However, the value of the newly accreted char land is very low compare to the main land. Thus this hazard creates a great loss in the local economy. Within the studied time range the monetary loss is about 1414.81 million BDT (17,422,937.16 $). Many wealthy farmers of the study area turn into marginal farmer and even landless due to the erosional hazard. Agricultural land becomes barren land by huge siltation and the cropping pattern has been changed significantly. In addition, the infrastructure and property losses are enormous. From the results of vulnerability index (IPCC-VI) it suggests that the most vulnerable areas are identified as Boyra (0.061), Kanchanpur (0.062), Lesragonj (0.064), Azimnagar (0.067), Sutalori (0.071) and Dhulsonra (0.076) because of more sensitivity and less adaptive capacity. On the other hand, Balara (− 0.017) and Balla (− 0.019) are comparatively least vulnerable comparing to the previous sites. Conclusions:As, riverbank erosion is one of the most hazardous disasters in the study area; so treating independent separate policies and program for the vulnerable areas might helpful to support the affected community.

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Riverbank erosion displacees in Bangladesh: need for institutional response and policy intervention

Cited by 68 publications

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Impact of River Bank Erosion on Mental Health and Coping Capacity in Bangladesh

Impact of River Bank Erosion on Mental Health and Coping Capacity in Bangladesh

Livelihood Analysis of the Char Dwellers Using Capital Asset Framework

Exploring impacts and livelihood vulnerability of riverbank erosion hazard among rural household along the river Padma of Bangladesh

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