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Human Vulnerability, Dislocation and Resettlement: Adaptation Processes of River‐bank Erosion‐induced Displacees in Bangladesh

Mutton, David, Haque, C. Emdad·2004·Disasters
DOI 10.1111/j.0361-3666.2004.00242.x
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The purpose of this research was to identify and analyse patterns of economic and social adaptation among river‐bank erosion‐induced displacees in Bangladesh. It was hypothesised that the role of social demographic and socio‐economic variables in determining the coping ability and recovery of the river‐bank erosion‐induced displacees is quite significant. The findings of the research reveal that displacees experience substantial socio‐economic impoverishment and marginalisation as a consequence of involuntary migration. This in part is a socially constructed process, reflecting inequitable access to land and other resources. Vulnerability to disasters is further heightened by a number of identifiable social and demographic factors including gender, education and age, although extreme poverty and marginalisation create complexity to isolate the relative influence of these variables. The need to integrate hazard analysis and mitigation with the broader economic and social context is discussed. It is argued that the capacity of people to respond to environmental threats is a function of not only the physical forces which affect them, but also of underlying economic and social relationships which increase human vulnerability to risk. Hazard analysis and mitigation can be more effective when it takes into account such social and demographic and socio‐economic dimensions of disasters.

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  • Comparable household-level adaptation is barely possible for erosion except for deconstructing and shifting one's house shortly before erosion, a widespread strategy along the Jamuna.

    “Comparable household level adaptation is barely possible for erosion except for deconstructing and shifting one’s house shortly before it gets eroded—a widespread adaptation strategy along the Jamuna (Hutton & Haque, 2004; Mamun et al., 2022; Penning-Rowsell et al., 2013).”

    From Environmental shocks and migration among a climate-vulnerable population in Bangladesh (2025) · cites this paper as Hutton & Haque, 2004

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Authors
Mutton, D., & Haque, C. E.
Affiliations
University of Manitoba (CA)
Corresponding author
Haque, C. Emdad
ORCID
Haque, C. Emdad
Venue
Disasters
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2004-02-27
Volume
28
Issue
1
Pages
41-62
ISSN
  • 0361-3666 (ISSN-L)
  • 1467-7717
DOI
10.1111/j.0361-3666.2004.00242.x
OpenAlex
W2051069824
Cited by
203
References
39
Citations by year
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FWCI
13.93
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
Locations
  • Disasters (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Disaster Management and Resilience
  • Social Sciences › Transportation › Earthquake and Disaster Impact Studies
Keywords
bank erosion, displacement, resettlement, human vulnerability, adaptation, coping capacity, marginalization, poverty, disaster risk, hazard analysis, hazard mitigation, social construction of vulnerability, gender, age
MeSH terms
Adult, Bangladesh, Disasters, Female, Humans, Interviews as Topic, Life Change Events, Male, Middle Aged, Refugees, Residence Characteristics, Rural Population, Social Adjustment, Social Support, Socioeconomic Factors, Vulnerable Populations, Rivers

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