Environmental Impact on Safe Drinking Water and Livelihood in Urban Slum of Barisal Metropolitan City of Bangladesh
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science - Year 2018, Vol 23, Issue 2
Abstract
Bangladesh is widely recognized as one of the most climate vulnerable countries in the world. Polaspur slum of Barisal city has been selected for the study. The study area is the most vulnerable area to the natural hazards. It is situated in the interior coastal zone of Country. The slum communities carry their livelihood very miserably. Most of the people belong to businessman, day labor and rickshaw driver. The incomes of slum dwellers are not sufficient to maintain their lives and the income extremely various with seasons. Income sources of the dwellers are not sustainable. Most of the people use Deep Tub well (DTW) water for drinking, bathing and cooking. UNDP and Bangladesh Government provided DTW to the slum communities of the area. Drinking water quality of the area is satisfactory. The option of the DTW suffers due to poor management system. The people of the area face different kinds of problem like natural hazards such as cyclone, storm surges, extreme astronomical tides, river bank erosion, water logging and heavy rainfall. Natural disasters are increasing day by day according to the opinion of local people. The study area has no Disaster Management Committee or no Red Crescent members to recover from the impacts of natural hazards during disaster period. Dweller of the area has communicated with government administration for pre- disaster rehabilitation but they did not get any kind of help from government. House Hold survey conducted 66 over House Hold from sector-2 and 64 House Hold from sector-7. 65 male respondents and 65 female respondents conducted by randomly from two sectors. The database was created using the data collected from the field on social status physical condition of the site. The data was analyzed using SPSS 11.5 and Micro Soft Excel. The results are presented in tabulated forms. ArcGIS 9.2 software was also used for preparing map purpose.
Authors and Affiliations
Abu Hasan, Md. Ohidur Zaman, UmmeHabiba Munmum, Dewan Abdul Quadir, M. Hasinur Rahman
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