Water logging in south-western coastal region of Bangladesh: local adaptation and policy options

Awal, Abdul

doi:10.14340/spp.2014.12a0001

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“…Only the sea facing portion is better protected because of the extensive A rapid analysis, based on the modelled information from IWM 3 , shows that a substantial part of current total coastal flood risk (combination of hazard and vulnerability) can be found outside the current polder areas, making these areas much risky for extreme flood events.…”

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Strategy Formulation and Adaptation Pathways Generation for Sustainable Development of Western Floodplain of Ganges

Ahmed¹,

Choudhury²,

Ahmed³

2017

JWARP

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The coastal zone of Bangladesh is very heterogeneous in nature and has marvelous potential to create opportunities of national importance and contribute to GDP. Among the potentials-intensification of agriculture, aqua-culture and marine fishery, ship building industry, eco-tourism, deep sea port etc. are most significant. Unfortunately, the coastal zone of the country is disaster prone area. Poor communication, lack of education and health care facilities, prolonged absence of safe drinking water and inadequate cyclone shelters contribute and multiply the dimension of vulnerability. Furthermore, increasing population pressure increases the competition for limited resources. As a consequence, in order to unlock these potentials, existing and new interventions are required to serve in an integrated and inclusive way; calling for a distinct and integrated coastal development strategy. This study aims to investigate the issues of the western floodplain of the Ganges and propose some identical strategies and subsequent adaptation pathways to delineate the development roadmaps to decision makers and researches. Analyses have been conducted through GIS and RS technology, Dynamic Pathway Generator, Excel analysis and field investigation.

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“…In the early 1960's, before embankment construction, the area was under influence of the natural tidal system [3]. This brought benefits as well as costs.…”

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Strategy Formulation and Adaptation Pathways Generation for Sustainable Development of Western Floodplain of Ganges

Ahmed¹,

Choudhury²,

Ahmed³

2017

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“…Most of the beels produce rice or fish ( Figure 1). The highest frequency of beels is found in Debhata, Kaliganj, Sathkhira but in context of the boundary Dumuria/Daulatpur Thana of Khulna Districts comprises the largest area (Awal, 2014 Beels reserve water all the year round; most of the beels are water logged for the period of 6-7 months (about half of the year). 3, affected or directly hampered 11, partially or indirectly affected 21 and the rivers are not under threats 3.…”

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Exploring Management Strategies for Freshwater Wetland: Policy Options for Southwest Coastal Region in Bangladesh

Kabir

Aftab²

2017

Asian Development Policy Review

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“…Studies have shown that water-logging is a crucial problem in many parts of coastal Bangladesh resulting in damage of 'aman' rice during monsoon as well as delayed sowing of next dry-season crop (Moniruzzaman 2012;Awal 2014). The excessive water-logging is mainly due to siltation of canals and non-maintenance of the gates.…”

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Enhancing coordination in water management through communication tools: results from experimental games in Coastal Bangladesh

Mitra¹,

Buisson²,

Bastakoti³

2017

International Journal of the Commons

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Canal siltation is a pervasive problem in coastal Bangladesh causing water-logging and losses in crop yield. Although timely maintenance of canals through regular contributions from the community can solve this problem, it often breaks down because of the free riding issue, a common feature in the provision of public goods. Previous literature on experimental games has shown how different communication strategies or leadership can help to achieve coordination. We conducted experimental games with the aims to: (i) determine the effectiveness of these different strategies in the specific problem of maintenance of canal; and (ii) compare the relative effectiveness of different communication mechanisms or leadership. Playing these games was also a part of a participatory action research approach with the idea that community members would have a clearer understanding of the incentives and constraints of contribution for canal maintenance. The basic insight from our study is that any institution that enables more information sharing about both the intended contribution and setting the group norm translates into better coordination among the users to increase the group income towards Pareto Optimum outcomes. The lessons from these games could potentially open up a forum of discussion and help the villagers in their future communications as a tool for understanding and testing different alternatives for community manage-

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Water logging in south-western coastal region of Bangladesh: local adaptation and policy options

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Strategy Formulation and Adaptation Pathways Generation for Sustainable Development of Western Floodplain of Ganges

Strategy Formulation and Adaptation Pathways Generation for Sustainable Development of Western Floodplain of Ganges

Exploring Management Strategies for Freshwater Wetland: Policy Options for Southwest Coastal Region in Bangladesh

Enhancing coordination in water management through communication tools: results from experimental games in Coastal Bangladesh

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Water logging in south-western coastal region of Bangladesh: local adaptation and policy options

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Strategy Formulation and Adaptation Pathways Generation for Sustainable Development of Western Floodplain of Ganges

Strategy Formulation and Adaptation Pathways Generation for Sustainable Development of Western Floodplain of Ganges

Exploring Management Strategies for Freshwater Wetland: Policy Options for Southwest Coastal Region in Bangladesh

Enhancing coordination in water management through ­communication tools: results from experimental games in Coastal Bangladesh

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