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Flood and riverbank erosion displaces: their indigenous survival strategies in two coastal villages in Bangladesh

It is reported that flood and riverbank erosion together intensify the process of pauperization in rural areas of Bangladesh. Riverbank erosion often destroys cultivable land, dislocates human settlements and also at the same time, damages the growing crops; massively disrupts road-linkages and comm...

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Main Author: Karim, A.H.M Zehadul
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Language:English
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Published: Canadian Center of Science and Education 2014
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HM1 Sociology (General and theoretical)
HM706 Social structure
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spelling my.iium.irep.360122017-09-20T08:47:14Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/36012/ Flood and riverbank erosion displaces: their indigenous survival strategies in two coastal villages in Bangladesh Karim, A.H.M Zehadul HM1 Sociology (General and theoretical) HM706 Social structure It is reported that flood and riverbank erosion together intensify the process of pauperization in rural areas of Bangladesh. Riverbank erosion often destroys cultivable land, dislocates human settlements and also at the same time, damages the growing crops; massively disrupts road-linkages and communication infrastructure in the country. With this situation, this paper generates empirical data on two coastal villages located in two different regions of the country showing evidence of displacement of the total way of life due to flood and riverbank erosion. Due to this natural calamity, the victims have to adapt to the changing environmental conditions, and consequently they adopt many socio-political, economic and cultural strategies in order to survive in the face of the plethora of problems. Flood and river bank erosion displacees try to gain control over their environment through their multi-dimensional adaptation strategies. This paper thus locates the indigenous strategies and mechanisms that the displacees usually adopt to grapple with the catastrophic effects of flood and erosion in the coastal areas of rural Bangladesh. Canadian Center of Science and Education 2014-01 Article REM application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/36012/1/36012.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/36012/3/36012_Flood%20and%20riverbank%20erosion_scopus.pdf Karim, A.H.M Zehadul (2014) Flood and riverbank erosion displaces: their indigenous survival strategies in two coastal villages in Bangladesh. Asian Social Science, 10 (4). pp. 16-26. ISSN 1911-2017 10.5539/ass.v10n4p16
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HM706 Social structure
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HM706 Social structure
Karim, A.H.M Zehadul
Flood and riverbank erosion displaces: their indigenous survival strategies in two coastal villages in Bangladesh
description It is reported that flood and riverbank erosion together intensify the process of pauperization in rural areas of Bangladesh. Riverbank erosion often destroys cultivable land, dislocates human settlements and also at the same time, damages the growing crops; massively disrupts road-linkages and communication infrastructure in the country. With this situation, this paper generates empirical data on two coastal villages located in two different regions of the country showing evidence of displacement of the total way of life due to flood and riverbank erosion. Due to this natural calamity, the victims have to adapt to the changing environmental conditions, and consequently they adopt many socio-political, economic and cultural strategies in order to survive in the face of the plethora of problems. Flood and river bank erosion displacees try to gain control over their environment through their multi-dimensional adaptation strategies. This paper thus locates the indigenous strategies and mechanisms that the displacees usually adopt to grapple with the catastrophic effects of flood and erosion in the coastal areas of rural Bangladesh.
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author Karim, A.H.M Zehadul
author_facet Karim, A.H.M Zehadul
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title Flood and riverbank erosion displaces: their indigenous survival strategies in two coastal villages in Bangladesh
title_short Flood and riverbank erosion displaces: their indigenous survival strategies in two coastal villages in Bangladesh
title_full Flood and riverbank erosion displaces: their indigenous survival strategies in two coastal villages in Bangladesh
title_fullStr Flood and riverbank erosion displaces: their indigenous survival strategies in two coastal villages in Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed Flood and riverbank erosion displaces: their indigenous survival strategies in two coastal villages in Bangladesh
title_sort flood and riverbank erosion displaces: their indigenous survival strategies in two coastal villages in bangladesh
publisher Canadian Center of Science and Education
publishDate 2014
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/36012/1/36012.pdf
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