Coping with riverbank erosion hazard and displacement in bangladesh: survival strategies and adjustments.
Coping with riverbank erosion hazard and displacement in bangladesh: survival strategies and adjustments.
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应对孟加拉国的河岸侵蚀危害和流离失所:生存策略和调整。
DOI:
10.1111/j.1467-7717.1989.tb00724.x
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发表时间:
1989
期刊:
影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
M. Q. Zaman
中科院分区:
文献类型:
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作者:
C. E. Haque;M. Q. Zaman
As a deltaic plain, Bangladesh annually experiences riverbank erosion hazard due to sudden and rapid channel shifting, particularly in the major floodplain areas of the country. Consequently, valuable cultivable land is lost; also village settlements, markets and towns are destroyed, displacing tens of thousands of people. This paper examines the magnitude of river channel migration and encroachment on land, and the nature of human adjustment systems in the Brahmaputra-Jamuna floodplain, by investigating aspects of the social and cultural dynamics of resettlement of the displaced people. Some policy measures are recommended to improve the ability of the people in the floodplain to cope with these hazards.