Adaptation Strategies Against Salinity-Induced Vulnerability in Coastal Bangladesh

2015 ◽  
pp. 1443-1468
Author(s):  
Mustafa Saroar
Keyword(s):  
Adaptation Strategies ◽  
Coastal Bangladesh

scholarly journals Climate Change, Salinization and High-Yield Rice Production in Coastal Bangladesh

2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susmita Dasgupta ◽  
Md. Moqbul Hossain ◽  
Mainul Huq ◽  
David Wheeler
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Soil Salinity ◽  
Rice Production ◽  
Adaptation Strategies ◽  
Adaptation Planning ◽  
High Yield ◽  
Salinity Intrusion ◽  
High Yielding Variety ◽  
Coastal Bangladesh ◽  
The Impact

Progressive salinization of water and soil will be increasingly severe in low-lying coastal areas as climate change proceeds. Thus, understanding the economic impacts of salinity intrusion will be essential for effective adaptation planning. This paper uses econometric analysis to predict the impact of climate-induced increases in soil salinity on high-yielding-variety rice production in coastal Bangladesh. Findings indicate an output decline of 15.6 percent in nine subdistricts where soil salinity will exceed 4 deciSiemens per meter before 2050. Without new adaptation strategies, the predicted changes will result in 7.7 and 5.6 percent losses in the Barisal and Chittagong regions, respectively.

scholarly journals Major Climate risks and Adaptation Strategies of Smallholder Farmers in Coastal Bangladesh

2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-120
Author(s):  
Jeetendra Prakash Aryal ◽  
Tek Bahadur Sapkota ◽  
Dil Bahadur Rahut ◽  
Timothy J. Krupnik ◽  
Sumona Shahrin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Adaptation Strategies ◽  
Coastal Bangladesh ◽  
Climate Risks

Less Rain and More Heat”: Smallholders’ Perception and Climate Change Adaptation Strategies in Tropical Environments

2019 ◽  
pp. 77-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karla Diana Infante Ramírez ◽  
Ana Minerva Arce Ibarra
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Variability ◽  
Tropical Forest ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Coastal Zone ◽  
Weather Forecasting ◽  
Adaptation Strategies ◽  
Seasonal Migration ◽  
Forest Zone ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation Strategies

The main objective of this study was to analyze local perceptions of climate variability and the different adaptation strategies of four communities in the southern Yucatán Peninsula, using the Social-Ecological System (SES) approach. Four SESs were considered: two in the coastal zone and two in the tropical forest zone. Data were collected using different qualitative methodological tools (interviews, participant observation, and focal groups) and the information collected from each site was triangulated. In all four sites, changes in climate variability were perceived as “less rain and more heat”. In the tropical forest (or Maya) zone, an ancestral indigenous weather forecasting system, known as “Xook k’íin” (or “las cabañuelas”), was recorded and the main activity affected by climate variability was found to be slash-and burn farming or the milpa. In the coastal zone, the main activities affected are fishing and tourism. In all the cases analyzed, local climate change adaptation strategies include undertaking alternative work, and changing the calendar of daily, seasonal and annual labor and seasonal migration. The population of all four SESs displayed concern and uncertainty as regards dealing with these changes and possible changes in the future.

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