Climate change, natural disaster and vulnerability to land displacement in coastal region of Bangladesh

International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, volume 5, n. 2, February 2014, pp. 150-159:

This paper discusses vulnerability and population displacement issues, reviews existing policy frameworks, and suggests necessary policies and institutional frameworks with regard to natural disasters. The study identifies the interrelated aspects of possible socioeconomic impacts of tropical cyclone, storm surge, river erosion, flood and drought on the coastal inhabitants and discusses the five most recent disasters. Some of the results that were found in the study were that the rate of landless households increased alarmingly and the number of petty land owners increased significantly, due to frequent disasters. At last, the study found that the excessive salinity and longtime water logging created by natural disasters forced farmers to sell their land and that existing policies of vulnerable countries should be reviewed and re-evaluated for better disaster preparedness and emergency responses.

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