The poorest and most vulnerable? On hazards, livelihoods and labelling of riverine communities in Bangladesh
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20154067 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Haakon Lein (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 98-113 |
| Publication date | 2009-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0129-7619 • E-ISSN: 1467-9493 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9493.2008.00357.x |
| OpenAlex | W2157627486 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
| References cited | 20 |
Within the field of hazard research, vulnerability studies have been central to inducing a shift in the perspective on disasters as being primarily inflicted by geophysical events to that of apprehending disasters as destructive outcomes of particular social as well as hazardous environmental conditions. However, the inherent tendency within vulnerability studies to classify certain areas or people as ‘vulnerable’ may in some cases also serve to reinforce popular and/or ingrained prejudices, negative stereotypes and dubious explanations of the living conditions and fate of specific communities that become so labelled. The riverbanks and islands in river courses of Bangladesh have long been portrayed as home to the ‘poorest’ and most vulnerable communities, the widespread assumption being that people would only live in such riverine environments because they have no other options. Drawing on an examination of existing literature on char settlements in Bangladesh and data from a field site in the Jamuna River, this paper argues that the prevailing perceptions and labelling of char dwellers as ‘vulnerable’ people is based on a far too simplistic understanding of both rural migration patterns and the livelihoods obtained in these riverine areas
Agriculture · Archaeology · Computer security · Environmental hazard · Environmental planning · Geography · Hazard · Human settlement · Livelihood · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Vulnerability (computing) · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration · Disaster Management and Resilience · Ecology · Flood Risk Assessment and Management
Climate threats to coastal infrastructure and sustainable development outcomes
Population geographies and climate change
Exploring the Drivers of Vulnerability Among Disadvantaged Internal Migrants in Riverbank Erosion Prone Areas in North-West Bangladesh
Quantifying community resilience to riverine hazards in Bangladesh
Toward a Political Ecology of Migration
Bamboo Beating Bandits
Socio‐economic and ecological challenges of small‐scale fishing and strategies for its sustainable management
We do not want to leave our land’
Social vulnerability to floods
Flooding and elevated prenatal depression in rural Bangladesh
Displacement risk
Climate change risk perceptions and agricultural adaptation strategies in vulnerable riverine char islands of Bangladesh
Environmental influences on skilled worker migration from Bangladesh to Canada
A Rising Tide in Bangladesh
Migration matters
Intersectionality - A challenge for development research and practice
Slippery Entanglements
Land expropriation and displacement in Bangladesh
Regions of Risk
The Social and Political Context of Adjustment to Riverbank Erosion Hazard and Population Resettlement in Bangladesh
Towards an interdisciplinary conceptualisation of vulnerability
Vulnerability to environmental hazards
Drivers of Escape and Descent
Population and Disaster
Revealing the Vulnerability of People and Places
Vulnerability
Riverbank Erosion in Bangladesh
The Displaced Poor and Resettlement Policies in Bangladesh
Rendering the World Unsafe
Human Vulnerability, Dislocation and Resettlement
Coping with Riverbank Erosion Hazard and Displacement in Bangladesh
The Politics of Development Policy Labelling
Social Structure and Process in Char Land Settlement in the Brahmaputra-Jamuna Floodplain
Rural landlessness, extended entitlements and inter-household relations in south Asia
| Citations per year | 1.06 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2009 - 2025 (17) |
| Highly cited | No |