Staying despite riverbank erosion: evidence of coastal Bangladesh
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Riverbank erosion often compels affected people to migrate from their respective communities. However, there are still many who do not leave the affected region. The research focuses on this particular group of non-migrant populations living in the erosion-prone Ramdaspur village of Bhola district in Bangladesh, to explore how erosion influences (non-)migration decision. We interviewed households from the study village. More than half the respondents reported that, even though they are continuously being hit by erosion, they are unwilling to move away because of the community support they receive from staying in the village. The rest of the respondents who choose to remain, do so because of financial reasons. Therefore, this study proposes a need for a holistic approach in future adaptation planning for the riverbank erosion-prone areas of Bangladesh to support the non-migrants in the communities.
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Capability to move is positively associated with socio-economic status, education, and male gender in contexts where strong social gender norms prevail.
“For instance, capability may be positively associated with socio-economic status (Afifi et al. 2016; Black et al. 2013; Mallick and Mallick 2021), education (Rofi et al. 2006; Schewel and Fransen 2022), or—in contexts where strong social gender norms prevail—male gender (Akter et al. 2019; Mata-Codesal 2015; Pedraza 1991; Tripathy Furlong et al. 2022).”
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- Authors
- Mallick, A., & Mallick, B.
- Affiliations
- Ghent University (BE)
- University of Colorado Boulder (US)
- Corresponding author
- Mallick, Bishawjit
- ORCID
- Mallick, Bishawjit
- Venue
- SN Social Sciences
- Published
- 2021-04-07
- Volume
- 1
- Issue
- 6
- ISSN
- 2662-9283 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3172276366
- Cited by
- 16
- References
- 37
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 1
- FWCI
- 2.77
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Locations
- SN Social Sciences (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- Technische Universität Dresden (F-003661-553-Ü1G-1212042)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Earth-Surface Processes › Coastal and Marine Dynamics
- Keywords
- bank erosion, non-migration, migration decisions, climate change adaptation, community support, livelihoods, coastal Bangladesh, adaptation planning
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