Department of Public Health, Accident Research Institute (ARI), BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Research Article
Household-Level Economic Penalties Resulted from Climate Change-Induced Events among the Coastal Fishers of Bangladesh
Author(s): Md. Shahidul Islam*, Md. Jahirul Islam, Mohammad Mahbubul Alam Talukder, Md. Farid Ahmed and Md. Mansurul Haque
Climate Change Induced (CCI) calamities have immense negative
impacts on coastal fishers’ livelihoods by damaging their household and
fishery-related assets, which triggers cyclic poverty among them. This
study aimed to identify household level economic penalties due to CCI
calamities among the coastal fishers of Bangladesh. A cross sectional
study was conducted among 338 coastal fishers living in 11 coastal
districts using a random sampling technique. Males outnumbered females
(84.6% vs. 15.4%), with nearly all (99.1%) living below the poverty line. On
average, coastal fishers had to struggle against at least three (3.12 ± 1.28)
CCI catastrophes with considerable losses per incidence {Domestic Asset
Loss (DAL): 38318 ± 33071; Loss in Fisheries (LIF): 19236 ± 20486} within
the past five years. CCI incidences such as Severity .. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2322-3308.12.1.004
