Salinity-Induced Livelihood Stress in Coastal Region of Bangladesh
Water Insecurity: A Social Dilemma
ISBN: 978-1-78190-882-2, eISBN: 978-1-78190-883-9
Publication date: 11 August 2014
Abstract
Salinity is one of the major problems in the coastal region of Bangladesh that contributes to 20% of the total land area. About 53% of the coastal region is affected by different degrees of salinity. Salinity intrusion in this area is mainly derived through climate change as well as anthropogenic factors that make this region more vulnerable. Hence, salinity intrusion has adverse effects on water, soils, agriculture, fisheries, ecosystem, and livelihoods of this region. To ensure the availability of food as well as drinking water, this chapter highlights how individual and community people have endeavored several adaptation measures to minimize salinity effects. Moreover, it further discloses governmental and other development organizations’ actions toward salinity to reduce its impacts.
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Acknowledgment
The first author gratefully acknowledges the support from GCOE-ARS postdoctoral program of Kyoto University. The second author gratefully acknowledges the support of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) of Japan.
Citation
Habiba, U., Abedin, M.A., Shaw, R. and Hassan, A.W.R. (2014), "Salinity-Induced Livelihood Stress in Coastal Region of Bangladesh", Water Insecurity: A Social Dilemma (Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management, Vol. 13), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 139-165. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2040-7262(2013)0000013013
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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