Livelihood vulnerability of char land communities to climate change and natural hazards in Bangladesh: an application of livelihood vulnerability index

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Al Mamun, Abdullah, Islam, Abu Reza Md. Towfiqul, Alam, G. M. Monirul, Sarker, Md Nazirul Islam, Erdiaw-Kwasie, Michael Odei, Bhandari, Humnath and Mallick, Javed. 2023. "Livelihood vulnerability of char land communities to climate change and natural hazards in Bangladesh: an application of livelihood vulnerability index." Natural Hazards. 115 (2), pp. 1411-1437. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-022-05599-y

Article Title	Livelihood vulnerability of char land communities to climate change and natural hazards in Bangladesh: an application of livelihood vulnerability index
ERA Journal ID	1986
Article Category	Article
Authors	Al Mamun, Abdullah, Islam, Abu Reza Md. Towfiqul, Alam, G. M. Monirul, Sarker, Md Nazirul Islam, Erdiaw-Kwasie, Michael Odei, Bhandari, Humnath and Mallick, Javed
Journal Title	Natural Hazards
Journal Citation	115 (2), pp. 1411-1437
Number of Pages	27
Year	2023
Publisher	Springer
Place of Publication	Switzerland
ISSN	0921-030X
	1573-0840
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-022-05599-y
Web Address (URL)	https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11069-022-05599-y
Abstract	Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change. In general, Char land (Riverine Island) communities are frequently affected by floods, riverbank erosion, and other climatic hazards, including drought, cyclones, tornadoes, salinity intrusion, water logging, cold waves, etc., which cause many to lose their sources of livelihoods and properties and make them more vulnerable. Using survey data of 262 rural households, this study investigates the extent of livelihood vulnerability to climate change and natural hazards in the Char land communities by applying the climate change vulnerability index (CVI) (i.e., UN-IPCC vulnerability framework) and the livelihood vulnerability index (LVI) to develop context-specific interventions for building climate and livelihood resilience. The two approaches to vulnerability assessment were modified to incorporate local contexts and indigenous knowledge into 41 sub-components. The result shows that LVI and CVI values are different between Char land communities. The LVI index shows that households in Char Jotindro-Narayan (0.148) are more vulnerable than those in Char Kulaghat (0.139). The CVI values for Char Jotindro-Narayan (0.633) are slightly lower than for Char Kulaghat (0.639). The major vulnerability factors were access to food and water, social networks, natural disasters, and climatic variability. The study also indicates that flood, riverbank erosion, unemployment, and access to communication, market, and basic service opportunities are the major biophysical and socioeconomic factors determining livelihood vulnerability. Context-specific sustainable policies and development initiatives are required to improve the adaptive capacity of Char land communities across Bangladesh, thereby building their climate and livelihood resilience. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V.
Keywords	Bangladesh; Char land; Climate change; Natural disaster; Livelihood vulnerability; Specific-context
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020	3702. Climate change science
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Byline Affiliations	Begum Rokeya University, Bangladesh
	University of Southern Queensland
	Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Bangladesh
	University of Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
	Charles Darwin University
	International Rice Research Institute, Bangladesh
	King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia

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