Pattern of Climate Change and Climate Change Induced SocioEconomic Vulnerability in Bangladesh: An Empirical Study
Journal Title: International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 3
Abstract
In the perspective of Climate Change, Bangladesh is likely to be one of the most vulnerable countries of the world. Now tropical cyclone, flood and tidal surge, salinity intrusion, rising temperature, decreasing rainfall, irregular weather pattern are the common phenomena in Bangladesh. As this is a sociological study, the focus is given on climate change induced socio-economic vulnerability. In the theoretical part, a strong relationship between climate change and poverty is shown where Ribot (2011) interrelated vulnerability and livelihood approaches and Blaikie (1994) defining vulnerability in the term of human dimension along as „the capacity to anticipate, cope with, resist and recover from the impact of a natural hazard‟. Poor are the most vulnerable due to climate change because their livelihoods are most affected due to their dependence on natural resources. The study made use of qualitative methods including in-depth interview (IDI), key informants interview (KII), focus group discussion (FGD), case study and observation. The main focus of this study is to overview of climate change pattern in the study area and elicit the socio-economic vulnerability of local people due to climate change.
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Md. Ohidujjaman
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