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Socio-hydrological spaces in the Jamuna River floodplain in Bangladesh
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Socio-hydrology aims to understand the dynamics and co-evolution of coupled human–water systems, with research consisting of generic models as well as specific case studies. In this paper, we propose a concept to help bridge the gap between these two types of socio-hydrological studies: socio-hydrological spaces (SHSs). A socio-hydrological space is a geographical area in a landscape. Its particular combination of hydrological and social features gives rise to the emergence of distinct interactions and dynamics (patterns) between society and water. Socio-hydrological research on human–flood interactions has found two generic responses, “fight” or “adapt”. Distilling the patterns resulting from these responses in case studies provides a promising way to relate contextual specificities to the generic patterns described by conceptual models. Through the use of SHSs, different cases can be compared globally without aspiring to capturing them in a formal model. We illustrate the use of SHS for the Jamuna floodplain, Bangladesh. We use narratives and experiences of local experts and inhabitants to empirically describe and delimit SHS. We corroborated the resulting classification through the statistical analysis of primary data collected for the purpose (household surveys and focus group discussions) and secondary data (statistics, maps etc.). Our example of the use of SHSs shows that the concept draws attention to how historical patterns in the co-evolution of social behaviour, natural processes and technological interventions give rise to different landscapes, different styles of living and different ways of organising livelihoods. This provides a texture to the more generic patterns generated by socio-hydrological models, promising to make the resulting analysis more directly useful for decision makers. We propose that the usefulness of this concept in other floodplains, and for other socio-hydrological systems than floodplains, should be explored.
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“…seasonal migration (Bryan et al., 2014) over 40% for at least one permanent move in the respondents’ lifetime among the eastern riverbank population of the Jamuna— the survey location of this study—(Ferdous et al., 2018) to 95% for temporary migration during the flood season (Paul & Routray, 2010).”
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“…36% for seasonal migration (Bryan et al. 2014), over 40% for at least one permanent move in the lifetime of respondents among the eastern riverbank population of the Jamuna—the area of this study—(Ferdous et al. 2018), to 95% for temporary migration during the flood season (Paul and Routray 2010).”
Metadata
- Authors
- Ferdous, M. R., Wesselink, A., Brandimarte, L., Slager, K., Zwarteveen, M., & Di Baldassarre, G.
- Affiliations
- IHE Delft Institute for Water Education (NL)
- KTH Royal Institute of Technology (SE)
- Deltares (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Ferdous, Md Ruknul
- Wesselink, Anna
- Brandimarte, Luigia
- Slager, Kymo
- Zwarteveen, Margreet
- ORCID
- Venue
- Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
- Publisher
- Copernicus GmbH
- Published
- 2018-10-04
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 5159-5173
- ISSN
- 1027-5606 (ISSN-L)
- 1607-7938
- OpenAlex
- W2782539431
- Cited by
- 52
- References
- 53
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 2.20
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Hydrology and earth system sciences (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Biogeosciences (European Geosciences Union) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Water Governance and Infrastructure
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Water Science and Technology › Environmental Science and Water Management
- Keywords
- socio-hydrology, human-water interactions, floodplain, Jamuna River, flood adaptation, flood fighting, livelihoods, local knowledge, landscape classification
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