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An Analytical Framework for Assessing Context-Specific Rural Livelihood Vulnerability

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Rahman, H.M. Tuihedur, Hickey, Gordon M.·2020·Sustainability

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Reviewing both conceptual and empirical studies on climate vulnerability and adaptation assessment, this paper offers an analytical framework to help better understand how context-specific adaptation strategies could be developed. The framework systematically assembles the Sustainable Rural Livelihoods and the Vulnerability Assessment frameworks to develop its structural and analytical components. The resulting five-step approach involves: (i) identification of context along with understanding what aspect of vulnerability need to be studied; (ii) assessment of livelihood exposure to climate impacts involving both community perspectives and meteorological data-based climate forecasts; (iii) characterization of available capital asset usages to help buffer climate sensitivity; (iv) analysis of formal and informal institutional impetus to enhance adaptive capacity; and (v) evaluation of gaps between context-specific vulnerability and institutional and policy responses to avoid maladaptive trajectories. Drawing on published research and policy documentation, we apply the framework to the livelihood systems operating in the northeastern floodplain community of Bangladesh to demonstrate the utility of the approach and then discuss its potential to inform adaptation strategies.

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Authors
Rahman, H. M. T., & Hickey, G. M.
Affiliations
  • Dalhousie University (CA)
  • McGill University (CA)
Corresponding author
Rahman, H.M. Tuihedur
Venue
Sustainability
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2020-07-14
Volume
12
Issue
14
Pages
5654
ISSN
2071-1050 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3042469370
Cited by
52
References
175
Citations by year
2026: 12 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 6
FWCI
4.30
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Sustainability (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
  • McGill University
  • Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Climate change impacts on agriculture
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Climate Change and Sustainable Development
Keywords
climate change adaptation, vulnerability assessment, climate prediction, fixed assets, adaptive capacity, floodplain communities, Bangladesh

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