Climate Change and Social Protection in Bangladesh: Are Existing Programmes Able to Address the Impacts of Climate Change?

Coirolo, Cristina; Commins, Stephen; Haque, Iftekharul; Pierce, Gregory

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“…The first PCA component contributing to this vulnerability dimension is composed of indicators related to social security and citizen’s socio-economic opportunity that decrease vulnerability to natural hazards. People who have better jobs, better access to safe drinking water, better housing can recover earlier from cyclone impact than those that do not have such opportunities [ 66 , 67 , 68 ]. Higher education level increases the level of understanding to warning signals and the opportunity to get jobs that leads to lower vulnerability [ 53 ].…”

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Assessing Risks from Cyclones for Human Lives and Livelihoods in the Coastal Region of Bangladesh

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Khan

Kervyn

2017

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As a disaster prone country, Bangladesh is regularly hit by natural hazards, including devastating cyclones, such as in 1970, 1991 and 2007. Although the number of cyclones’ fatalities reduced from 0.3 million in 1970 to a few thousand or fewer in recent events, loss of lives and impact on livelihoods remains a concern. It depends on the meteorological characteristics of cyclone and the general vulnerability and capacity of the exposed population. In that perspective, a spatially explicit risk assessment is an essential step towards targeted disaster risk reduction. This study aims at analyzing the spatial variation of the different factors contributing to the risk for coastal communities at regional scale, including the distribution of the hazards, exposure, vulnerability and capacity. An exploratory factor analysis method is used to map vulnerability contrasts between local administrative units. Indexing and ranking using geospatial techniques are used to produce maps of exposure, hazard, vulnerability, capacities and risk. Results show that vulnerable populations and exposed areas are distributed along the land sea boundary, islands and major inland rivers. The hazard, assessed from the density of historical cyclone paths, is highest in the southwestern part of the coast. Whereas cyclones shelters are shown to properly serve the most vulnerable populations as priority evacuation centers, the overall pattern of capacity accounting for building quality and road network shows a more complex pattern. Resultant risk maps also provide a reasonable basis from which to take further structural measures to minimize loss of lives in the upcoming cyclones.

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Assessing Risks from Cyclones for Human Lives and Livelihoods in the Coastal Region of Bangladesh

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Khan

Kervyn

2017

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“…This could involve extension of current safety net programmes to address the medium-term effects of disasters, taking account of differential impacts across social and livelihood groups (Coirolo, Commins, Haque, & Pierce, 2013). It would also require more coherent integration of policy areas that aim to reduce vulnerability, including climate change adaptation, DRR and social protection, into an adaptive social protection framework (Arnall, Oswald, Davies, Mitchell, & Coirolo, 2010;Davies et al, 2013;Davies, Guenther, Leavy, Mitchell, & Tanner, 2008).…”

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Power and differential climate change vulnerability among extremely poor people in Northwest Bangladesh: lessons for mainstreaming

Coirolo

Rahman

2014

Climate and Development

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This article draws on research findings from fieldwork undertaken in Gaibandha District of Northwest Bangladesh from 2009 to 2010 to analyse the influence of power-related factors on climate change vulnerability and adaptation in two rural communities. The principal aim of the research was to explore the factors that shape differentiated vulnerability and adaptive capacity within the two communities, with a focus on extremely poor community members. Findings indicate that climate-related vulnerability is differentiated at the sub-community level, both among different socio-economic, livelihood and social groups, as well as within them. Some of the central factors highlighted by respondents as underpinning differentiation had clear power and inequality dimensions. These include political ties and corruption; community and family networks; and the capability to enforce one's own rights, for example to land, in lieu of access to impartial law enforcement and justice institutions. The article concludes with implications of these findings for supporting adaptive capacity and mainstreaming climate change into planning processes at different levels. In particular, interventions focused on assets may be less important than those directed at power relations, networks and the security dimensions of extreme poverty.

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“…In addition, food security is strongly influenced by natural disasters including flood, drought, cyclones, and riverbank erosion, which will likely increase with climate change (Karim et al 1990;Brammer 1999). Natural disasters can make areas vulnerable to reduced production, can cause damage to infrastructure and communication networks and can lead to a displacement of people (Islam and Sumon 2013;Coirolo et al 2013). In Bangladesh, floods influence the food distribution system through their impact on roads and transport networks.…”

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A Review of Food Security and the Potentials to Develop Spatially Informed Food Policies in Bangladesh

Ara

Ostendorf

2017

Earth Syst Environ

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Background Food security globally depends primarily on three components: food availability, food access, and food utilization. Regional variations of these components may affect food security via spatial differences in natural, social or economic conditions and the interaction of these in a complex environmental system. Purpose It is important to understand the regional variation of food security, particularly where and under what natural and socio-economic circumstances people become vulnerable to low food security in a country. Methods This article provides an overview of food security in Bangladesh in terms of the three main components, identifies knowledge gaps in present food security research, reviews possible impacts of climate change on food security, and sourced a wide range of spatio-temporal data relevant for food security. Results The study highlights potentials and indicates different processes to develop spatially informed food policies in a country, particularly focuses on Bangladesh. This will contribute to improved food security by considering regional food security conditions, region-specific deficits, climate change, other future risks, and devises actions related to the respective components. Conclusion The study concludes that different processes can provide a foundation for policy development and these will advance research-policy linkage to improved food security.

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Climate Change and Social Protection in Bangladesh: Are Existing Programmes Able to Address the Impacts of Climate Change?

Cited by 37 publications

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Assessing Risks from Cyclones for Human Lives and Livelihoods in the Coastal Region of Bangladesh

Assessing Risks from Cyclones for Human Lives and Livelihoods in the Coastal Region of Bangladesh

Power and differential climate change vulnerability among extremely poor people in Northwest Bangladesh: lessons for mainstreaming

A Review of Food Security and the Potentials to Develop Spatially Informed Food Policies in Bangladesh

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