Abstract

The displaced people by recurrent flooding and riverbank erosion face few unavoidable problems in different times of displacement, i.e. before displacement, during shifting household materials and family members, and after displacement at their new settlement area. Due to riverbank erosion, they are forced to move from their place of origin to other places, mostly unknown to them. Displacement marginalized them in respect of livelihood patterns and psycho-physical troubles. Climate resilient technologies that are cost-effective and widely adaptable required to build on indigenous knowledge and local coping strategies. They identified five sectors of insecurity in the early days in new area. Those were: valuable goods might be stolen, household goods might be lost, women and girls might be harassed, and attack of animal or bite by snake, and infants or children might be missed. For this reason, they followed some indigenous strategies and measures to minimize the insecurity fear. The prime goal of the project is to provide the displaced and homeless people a sustainable shelter (prefabricated, dismountable and re-fixable house) to who are exposed to extreme climatic events mainly to floods, river bank erosion, and heat and cold waves low cost CFR habitat for the poor to increase resilience to these disasters. We support comprehensive local planning that spans sectors beyond housing, including livelihood, and WASH in order to promote cohesive solutions for more resilient and adaptive communities.

Presenters

Dr. Md. Abu Syed
Senior Fellow, Natural Resources, Climate Change, and Geospatial Science, C4RE (Centre for Research and Education) Services, Bangladesh

Details

Presentation Type

Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

Theme

Human Impacts and Responsibility

KEYWORDS

Climate, Flood, Resilient, Adaptation Pathway, Prefabricated, Housing

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