FLOOD VULNERABILITY AND ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN BANGLADESH: A REVIEW

2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (03) ◽  
pp. 1450024 ◽  
Author(s):  
MD ABOUL FAZAL YOUNUS
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
Economic Consequences ◽  
Future Climate Change ◽  
Adaptation To Climate Change ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Flood Vulnerability ◽  
Vulnerability To Climate Change ◽  
Extreme Flood

This paper reviews recent literature on flood research in Bangladesh, focusing on the nation's vulnerability to climate change and its ability to adapt. This review reveals that the literature on community-based vulnerability and adaptation, and their processes and assessments in response to hazards under climate change regimes are inadequate, apart from a recent focus on assessment of the vulnerability of rural communities, their ability to adapt their farming methods, or the economic consequences of failure to adapt in response to extreme flood events, e.g. Younus (2012a,b); Younus and Harvey (2013, 2014). This paper argues that an integrated assessment of rural vulnerability and community-based adaptation is needed in order to ensure sustainable changes in response to future climate change regimes in Bangladesh.

scholarly journals Future climate change vulnerability of endemic island mammals

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Camille Leclerc ◽  
Franck Courchamp ◽  
Céline Bellard
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
Adaptive Capacity ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Future Climate ◽  
Future Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Vulnerability ◽  
Vulnerability To Climate Change ◽  
Insular Ecosystems

Abstract Despite their high vulnerability, insular ecosystems have been largely ignored in climate change assessments, and when they are investigated, studies tend to focus on exposure to threats instead of vulnerability. The present study examines climate change vulnerability of islands, focusing on endemic mammals and by 2050 (RCPs 6.0 and 8.5), using trait-based and quantitative-vulnerability frameworks that take into account exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity. Our results suggest that all islands and archipelagos show a certain level of vulnerability to future climate change, that is typically more important in Pacific Ocean ones. Among the drivers of vulnerability to climate change, exposure was rarely the main one and did not explain the pattern of vulnerability. In addition, endemic mammals with long generation lengths and high dietary specializations are predicted to be the most vulnerable to climate change. Our findings highlight the importance of exploring islands vulnerability to identify the highest climate change impacts and to avoid the extinction of unique biodiversity.

scholarly journals Analysis of Perception and Adaptation to Climate Change by Farmers in Gulmi District, Nepal

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 31-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Narhari P Ghimire ◽  
Maniratna Aryal
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Climatic Data ◽  
Adaptation To Climate Change ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Global Challenge ◽  
Secondary Data Sources ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

Climate change is a global challenge, highly affecting the developing countries with low adapting capacity, of which Nepal is not an exception. Climate change highly affects agriculture and livelihoods of farmers in Nepal. Its objectives are farmer's perceptions, witnesses and experiences on effects of climate change on agriculture and adaptations by farmers. Primary informations collected through structured questionnaire of household survey by selecting samples randomly. Information on primary and secondary data sources verified scientifically by trend analysis of climatic data. Most farmers depending on subsistence agriculture have a perception of climate change and respond to the changes based on their own local knowledge and experiences on farming. They are practicing both agricultural and non-agricultural adaptations at individual level. Consequently, appropriate technologies and sustainable community based adaptation strategies built on farmers knowledge, experiences and situation to cope with increasing effects of climate change on agriculture are necessary in the coming years.

Adaptation to Climate Change in Small Island Developing States: A Systematic Literature Review of Academic Research

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 196-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carola Klöck ◽  
Patrick D. Nunn
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Adaptation Strategies ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Small Island Developing States ◽  
Adaptation To Climate Change ◽  
Island States ◽  
Vulnerability To Climate Change ◽  
The Pacific

Small Island Developing States (SIDS) share a common vulnerability to climate change. Adaptation to climate change and variability is urgently needed yet, while some is already occurring in SIDS, research on the nature and efficacy of adaptation across SIDS is fragmentary. In this article, we systematically review academic literature to identify where adaptation in SIDS is documented; what type of adaptation strategies are taken, and in response to which climate change impacts; and the extent to which this adaptation has been judged as successful. Our analysis indicates that much adaptation research is concentrated on the Pacific, on independent island states, and on core areas within SIDS. Research documents a wide array of adaptation strategies across SIDS, notably structural or physical and behavioral changes. Yet, evaluation of concrete adaptation interventions is lacking; it thus remains unclear to what extent documented adaptation effectively and sustainably reduces SIDS’ vulnerability and increases their resilience.

scholarly journals The economic consequences of future climate change in the forest sector of Russia

2019 ◽  
Vol 226 ◽  
pp. 012032
Author(s):  
I O Torzhkov ◽  
E A Kushnir ◽  
A V Konstantinov ◽  
T S Koroleva ◽  
S V Efimov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Economic Consequences ◽  
Future Climate ◽  
Future Climate Change ◽  
Forest Sector

scholarly journals Community-based adaptation to climate change in small island developing states: an analysis of the role of social capital

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 723-734 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.C. Hagedoorn ◽  
L.M. Brander ◽  
P.J.H. van Beukering ◽  
H.M. Dijkstra ◽  
C. Franco ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Small Island Developing States ◽  
Adaptation To Climate Change ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Adaptation

scholarly journals The impact of future climate change on West African crop yields: What does the recent literature say?

2011 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 1073-1083 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philippe Roudier ◽  
Benjamin Sultan ◽  
Philippe Quirion ◽  
Alexis Berg
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
Crop Yields ◽  
West African ◽  
Future Climate ◽  
Future Climate Change ◽  
The Impact
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