The IPCC (2007) warned that the Ganges Brahmaputra Meghna (GBM) basin will be at greatest risk due to increased flooding, and that the region's poverty would reduce its adaptation capacity. This book investigates autonomous adaptation using a multi-method technique comprising PRA and a questionnaire survey applied in the case study area 'Islampur' Upazila in Bangladesh.
The study has four key approaches. First, it reviews the flood literature for Bangladesh from 1980 to 2014. Second, it examines farmers' crop adaptation processes in a case study area at Islampur, Bangladesh. Third, it assesses the vulnerability and adaptation (V & A) in response to three extreme flood events (EFEs). Fourth, the book assesses the economic consequences of failure effects of autonomous crop adaptation in response to EFEs. The results show that Bangladeshi farmers are highly resilient to EFEs, but the economic consequences of failure effects of autonomous crop adaptation (FEACA) on marginal farmers are large.
The book contributes to current knowledge by filling three important research gaps as follows, 1) farmers' autonomous crop adaptation processes in response to various types of extreme floods; 2) methodological contribution for assessing vulnerability and adaptation through PRA; and 3) the economic consequences of the failure effects of autonomous crop adaptations.
"This book provides a good account of 'autonomous adaptation' and its impact on fl
ood vulnerable communities in Bangladesh. Anyone wishing to fully understand the impact of climate change should read the book."| ISBN: | 9789402400557 |
| Publication date: | 23rd August 2016 |
| Author: | Md Aboul Fazal Younus |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer Netherlands |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 216 pages |
| Series: | Springer Theses |
| Genres: |
Physical geography and topography Natural disasters Agricultural science |
The IPCC (2007) warned that the Ganges Brahmaputra Meghna (GBM) basin will be at greatest risk due to increased flooding, and that the region's poverty would reduce its adaptation capacity. This book investigates autonomous adaptation using a multi-method technique comprising PRA and a questionnaire survey applied in the case study area 'Islampur' Upazila in Bangladesh.
The study has four key approaches. First, it reviews the flood literature for Bangladesh from 1980 to 2014. Second, it examines farmers' crop adaptation processes in a case study area at Islampur, Bangladesh. Third, it assesses the vulnerability and adaptation (V & A) in response to three extreme flood events (EFEs). Fourth, the book assesses the economic consequences of failure effects of autonomous crop adaptation in response to EFEs. The results show that Bangladeshi farmers are highly resilient to EFEs, but the economic consequences of failure effects of autonomous crop adaptation (FEACA) on marginal farmers are large.
The book contributes to current knowledge by filling three important research gaps as follows, 1) farmers' autonomous crop adaptation processes in response to various types of extreme floods; 2) methodological contribution for assessing vulnerability and adaptation through PRA; and 3) the economic consequences of the failure effects of autonomous crop adaptations.
"This book provides a good account of 'autonomous adaptation' and its impact on fl
ood vulnerable communities in Bangladesh. Anyone wishing to fully understand the impact of climate change should read the book."Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change in Bangladesh features in the following genres: Physical geography and topography, Natural disasters, Agricultural science
Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change in Bangladesh is available in Paperback
Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change in Bangladesh was written by Md Aboul Fazal Younus and published by Springer an imprint of Springer Netherlands
Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change in Bangladesh has 216 pages
Yes it is part of Springer Theses series