Climate change and livelihoods in Northwest Bangladesh : vulnerability and adaptation among extremely poor people
Year: 2013
Type: dissertation
Abstract: This research contributes to the development of pro-poor approaches to climate change adaptation through empirical exploration of the nature of climate change vulnerability among extremely poor communities in rural Bangladesh.Poverty and climate change vulnerability are widely regarded as being closely linked, however this is based on a fairly generic understanding of vulnerability and adaptive capacity.There remains a scarcity of empirically grounded work on how climate related impacts affect livelihoods across and within groups of poor people on the ground.In particular, there is a lack of disaggregated research around the factors and processes that shape differentiated levels of climate change vulnerability-and thus differentiated adaptation needs-across and within extremely poor communities and households.I would like to start by thanking the respondent communities in Rajiapur and Bariakari, where fieldwork took place in Northwest Bangladesh.They welcomed me into their lives with more warmth than I could have imagined, and spent countless hours with me, putting up with my unending questions.I thoroughly enjoyed spending several months getting to know these individuals, without whom this research would not have been possible.I would like to thank my supervisors, Dr. Thomas Tanner and Dr. Martin Greeley, for their invaluable guidance and support over the last four years.The combination of their different perspectives and expertise was central to the development of this thesis, and I am grateful for having had the opportunity to work with them both.The Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS) in Dhaka under the Chairmanship of Dr. Saleemul Huq provided immense support throughout the course of fieldwork.The Executive Director, Dr. Atiq Rahman, acted as an on-site supervisor for my research, and his experience, knowledge, and advice provided critical guidance during my time in Bangladesh.I would also like to thank Dr. Dwijendra Lal
Author: Cristina Coirolo
Language: English
Subfield: Agronomy and Crop Science
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1489781428