G. M. Monirul Alam

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored the local knowledge of adaptation in response to the perceived impacts of climate change and climatic hazards using a survey of 380 resource-poor riverbank erosion-prone households in Bangladesh.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the determinants of household adaptation choices and the barriers to adaptation and focused on the influence of institutional access and social capital on adaptation choice as a way forward to support and sustain local adaptation process using the survey data of 380 hazards-prone vulnerable households in Bangladesh.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed a holistic approach to assess the livelihood vulnerability of 380 resource-poor, rural riparian households from char and river-bank communities in Bangladesh, based on the notion that vulnerability to climate change does not exist in isolation from wider community's socioeconomic and bio-physical attributes.

TL;DR: The results reveal that the livelihood vulnerability index and the climate vulnerability index differ across locations, however, a high index value for both measures indicates the households’ high livelihood vulnerability to climate change and hazards.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors assess the livelihood vulnerability of riverine communities by applying the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) vulnerability framework and a livelihood vulnerability index (LVI), and reveal that riverbank erosion, frequent flood inundation and lack of employment and access to basic public services are the major social and natural drivers of livelihood vulnerability.