Livelihood vulnerability assessments and adaptation strategies to climate change: a case study in Tanguar haor, Sylhet

Raihan, Farzana; Hossain, Mohammad Melon

doi:10.2166/wcc.2021.047

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“…Levels of poverty in most of the hoar basin range between moderate to very high, especially in Kishoreganj, Netrokona, and Sunamganj administrative districts [8]. Several studies assessed the livelihood and socio-economic status of people living in hoar areas [9]- [12]. These studies mainly focus on people of certain occupations, for examplefishermen, or specific small areas like one village or two-three villages on the bank of a Haor [13]- [16].…”

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Quality of life among women living in Haor Basin in Bangladesh and its socio-economic predictors

Hiramoni

2023

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The Haor region in Bangladesh is a relatively more poverty-driven area than other rural areas of Bangladesh. There is very little information about the quality of life of women living in Haor areas. Therefore, the present study aimed to assess Haor women's quality of life and identify predictors. The data from the project titled ‘Livelihood and Socio-economic well-being of Women Living in Haor Basin: A Cross-sectional Survey’ were utilized in this study. Results showed that household income was lower than that reported in the household income and expenditure survey or HIES Survey 2016 for rural people in Bangladesh. Around half of them actively participated in the household economic decision-making process and one- fifth were satisfied with their household and personal financial condition. Only 30% rated their quality of life as good or very good. Contribution to household income, importance and control over household economic decisions, and household savings and loans, were significantly associated with the overall quality of life and its domains. This study’s findings would help to design and implement policies and development program to improve the living standard of women living in Haor Basin and thus help to achieve the relevant targets under specific sustainable development goals.

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Quality of life among women living in Haor Basin in Bangladesh and its socio-economic predictors

Hiramoni

2023

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“…DRRD represents the whole resettlement process, which includes various risks and may even lead to poverty [12]. The original life system of reservoir resettlers will be destroyed; economic activities and income will be interrupted [13]; and clothing, food, housing, and transportation will not be guaranteed. Additionally, reservoir resettlers may lose necessary social public services, such as medical care and education; deviate from the mainstream of society; be marginalized; and even become refugees [14,15].…”

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Impact Assessment of the Implementation Effect of the Post-Relocation Support Policies of Rural Reservoir Resettlers’ Livelihoods in Energy Transition

Liang,

Shi,

Sun

et al. 2023

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Energy transition is a major structural change in the whole social system, and the energy system must be changed globally to replace fossil fuels. Hydropower is one of the largest sources of renewable energy in the world. However, owing to the construction of hydropower projects, involuntary resettlers are suffering from being far away from their native land, losing the land cultivated for generations and the houses they live in, and losing the social relationship network based on geography and blood ties. Based on the system evaluation theory of reservoir resettlement and referring to relevant research findings, this paper constructs a comprehensive evaluation index framework for assessing the implementation effect of the Post-Relocation Support (PReS) policy. The research region is located in Zhijin County, Bijie City, Guizhou Province, China. Accordingly, a combined method of a structural equation model and a fuzzy comprehensive evaluation model is used in this paper to analyze the implementation of the PReS policy. The results show that the total score of implementing effects of the PReS policy is 4.4, with dramatic significance. The subindex scores of the resettlers’ family income, living conditions, and production conditions; the local economy; and social stability are 4.3, 4.6, 4.4, 4.6, and 4.3, respectively, with dramatic significance. This paper has analyzed and summarized the successful practices of implementing the PReS policy for reservoir resettlers in three dimensions: poverty alleviation, beautiful home construction, and accelerating rural revitalization. Research shows that China’s rural reservoir resettlers’ PReS policy has been more effective in restoring the livelihoods of reservoir resettlers.

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“…Moreover, considering the development of social productivity, some scholars have paid attention to the impact of climate change, land use, policies, and other factors on FLS [26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33]. Raihan et al, explored the impact of farmers' adaptive choice of livelihood strategies in the face of climate change [34]. Mulatie et al, studied the impact of internal migration on the FLS in southwest Ethiopia [35].…”

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Differential Evolution of Farmers’ Livelihood Strategies since the 1980s on the Loess Plateau, China

Xin-jun

Zhang

et al. 2022

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Understanding the evolution of farmers’ livelihood strategies (FLS) is crucial for maintaining the sustainable development of farmers’ livelihoods, especially on the arid Loess Plateau, China. This study constructed a novel analytical framework for analyzing the evolution of FLS and the critical influencing factors. Changwu County, an apple cultivation region, was selected as a case study. The results suggest that four types of livelihood strategies (crop-planting, apple-planting, work-oriented, and part-time comprehensive) have emerged since the 1980s. The evolutionary process of leading FLS varies across geographic location. In the loess tableland region and economic fringe region, this evolution followed a progressive path from the crop-planting type to the apple-planting type to the work-oriented type, while in the loess gully region, loess ridge region, and economic core region, FLS jumped directly from the crop-planting type to the work-oriented type. The geographic location, training opportunities, garden area, cultivated land area, production and living materials, loan opportunities, and education level were found to be the critical factors influencing the differentiation and development of FLS. The analytical framework proposed here is also applicable for studying the evolution of FLS in other counties on the Loess Plateau, considering the representativeness of the selected case.

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Livelihood vulnerability assessments and adaptation strategies to climate change: a case study in Tanguar haor, Sylhet

Cited by 17 publications

References 25 publications

Quality of life among women living in Haor Basin in Bangladesh and its socio-economic predictors

Quality of life among women living in Haor Basin in Bangladesh and its socio-economic predictors

Impact Assessment of the Implementation Effect of the Post-Relocation Support Policies of Rural Reservoir Resettlers’ Livelihoods in Energy Transition

Differential Evolution of Farmers’ Livelihood Strategies since the 1980s on the Loess Plateau, China

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