Modeling Household Socio-Economic Vulnerability to Natural Disaster in Teesta Basin, Bangladesh

Pal, Sosimohan; Islam, Abu Reza Md. Towfiqul; Patwary, Masum A.; Alam, G. M. Monirul

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“…Moreover, the integration of FVI and ACI has been less studied in flood vulnerability assessment. Most of the prior studies in Bangladesh focus on climate change vulnerability assessment and a limited number of studies focus on flood risk assessment [31][32][33], and most of them illustrate a result on a large scale (regional or national). A truly microscale assessment integrating FVI, ACI, and economic vulnerability index (EVI) along with remote sensing technologies, is therefore still lacking.…”

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Impact of Canal Encroachment on Flood and Economic Vulnerability in Northern Bangladesh

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River and canal encroachments have become a common problem in Bangladesh. The prevalence of river and canal encroachments has a direct impact on population growth. However, the impacted population appears to be unaware of its negative consequences. To this end, we aimed to investigate the past and present canal scenarios with a focus on canal encroachment as the influencing factor in Ulipur upazila (highly vulnerable) of northern Bangladesh. To examine the impact of this encroachment, the Flood Vulnerability Index (FVI), Adaptive Capacity Index (ACI) and Economic Vulnerability Index (EVI) were used. Our results showed signs of narrowing of the canal structure of Ulipur upazila in 1982 and 1992, while satellite images from 2002 and 2012 showed the presence of encroachment in the middle and lower parts of the canal. The FVI value for Hatia union was 0.703, indicating that this area was highly vulnerable to flooding. According to the ACI, the Pandul union has a high capacity to cope with flood impact, while the Hatia union has less capacity to cope with flood impact. Conversely, Hatia’s union EVI value was 72.8, denoting a high economic vulnerability. Canal encroachments will have negative consequences for these impacted unions. It is critical to reduce the flooding and economic vulnerabilities associated with canal encroachments. It is found that canal excavation is very important for controlling flood water and reducing the damage caused by flooding.

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Adaptation to Climate Change in Agriculture at Teesta Basin in Bangladesh

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Assessing factors affecting drought, earthquake, and flood risk perception: empirical evidence from Bangladesh

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Understanding household disaster risk perception is crucial to formulate and apply disaster risk reduction strategies. Using survey data from 300 households from three highly disaster-prone areas of the lower Teesta River basin in Bangladesh, this study explores households' risk perception of drought, earthquake, and ood at the local-level. The ordered probit regression model was applied to identify the factors in uencing household disaster risk perception. Most of the respondents perceived the likelihood of occurring drought, earthquake, and ood hazards on large-scale in the selected areas which cause negative impacts on their quality of life and nancial losses. They lacked knowledge on mitigation actions which makes them unable to control the devastating impacts of disasters. Econometric results show that households' age, gender, education, and income-generating sources had signi cantly in uenced the respondent's drought, earthquake, and ood risk perception (p < 0.01). Female participants perceived more risks, less knowledge on mitigations actions, and are less capable of controlling the hazards than their counterparts making them vulnerable group to the impacts of hazards. Urgent action is required to improve their socioeconomic conditions, to reduce the knowledge gap between male and female, as well as to improve the household's understanding of mitigation and preparedness for mitigating disaster risk.

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Modeling Household Socio-Economic Vulnerability to Natural Disaster in Teesta Basin, Bangladesh

Cited by 4 publications

References 41 publications

Impact of Canal Encroachment on Flood and Economic Vulnerability in Northern Bangladesh

Impact of Canal Encroachment on Flood and Economic Vulnerability in Northern Bangladesh

Adaptation to Climate Change in Agriculture at Teesta Basin in Bangladesh

Assessing factors affecting drought, earthquake, and flood risk perception: empirical evidence from Bangladesh

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