Influence of institutional access and social capital on adaptation decision: Empirical evidence from hazard-prone rural households in Bangladesh
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Article Title | Influence of institutional access and social capital on adaptation decision: Empirical evidence from hazard-prone rural households in Bangladesh |
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ERA Journal ID | 18340 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Alam, G.M. Monirul (Author), Alam, Khorshed (Author) and Mushtaq, Shahbaz (Author) |
Journal Title | Ecological Economics |
Journal Citation | 130, pp. 243-251 |
Number of Pages | 9 |
Year | 2016 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Place of Publication | Netherlands |
ISSN | 0921-8009 |
1873-6106 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.07.012 |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921800915304870 |
Abstract | An understanding of the factors that shape resource-poor households' heterogeneity in adopting adaptation strategies is crucial in developing adaptation policies. This research examines the determinants of household adaptation choices and the barriers to adaptation. It also focuses on the influence of institutional access and social capital on adaptation choice as a way forward to support and sustain local adaptation process by using the survey data of 380 hazards-prone vulnerable households in Bangladesh. The results reveal that households are implementing adaptation strategies such as diversifying crops, tree plantation (adopted by large and medium farmers), and homestead gardening and migration (adopted by small and landless farmers). Barriers to adaptation are observed heterogeneously among the farming groups where access to credit and lack of information on appropriate adaptation strategies are among the important barriers to adaptation. The model results indicate that the choice of adaptation strategies is significantly influenced by social capital and access to institutions. To support adaptation locally and to enhance vulnerable households' resilience to better cope with riverbank erosion and other climatic change issues, interventions by the government through planned adaptation, such as access to institutions and credit facilities, and a package of technologies through agro-ecological based research are required. |
Keywords | Bangladesh, Adaptation, Determinants, Riverbank erosion, Vulnerability, Social capital, Institutional access |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 380105. Environment and resource economics |
380201. Cross-sectional analysis | |
410102. Ecological impacts of climate change and ecological adaptation | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | Australian Centre for Sustainable Business and Development |
School of Commerce | |
International Centre for Applied Climate Science | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
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