Effective adaptation strategies for reducing natural disaster risks in the coastal region of Bangladesh
Das, Akshoy Kumar (2020)
2020
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2020120426196
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2020120426196
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The coastal region of Bangladesh is facing natural disasters every year. These harsh events are constant companions for people in this area. Therefore, local communities must minimize the impacts of devastating natural disasters and adapt their livelihood to their effects. Adaptation strategies can help people mitigate risks, prepare inhabitants for upcoming events, teach them how to act before, during, and after events, coordinate responsible authorities, and increase overall resilience. There are two strategies that are playing a crucial role for society in coastal areas of Bangladesh: The Indigenous and Institutional strategies. This study aims to determine how effective they work on mitigating natural disaster risk and how their efficiency can be increased.
For this, I used a SWOT analysis approach and assessed existing strategies regarding their strength, weakness, opportunities, and threats. The evaluation shows the disputable capacity of strategies to mitigate natural disaster risk efficiently by a separate application. However, the Institutional adaptation strategy use researchers’ conclusions and organizational experience as a basis for its performance, thus, it has more advantages in the long run. At the same time, the Indigenous strategy demonstrates good preventing and immediate effects as its based-on community experience. Thus, my findings show that the integration and cooperation between both strategies should apply for mitigation of the risk of natural disasters in the coastal areas of Bangladesh.
For this, I used a SWOT analysis approach and assessed existing strategies regarding their strength, weakness, opportunities, and threats. The evaluation shows the disputable capacity of strategies to mitigate natural disaster risk efficiently by a separate application. However, the Institutional adaptation strategy use researchers’ conclusions and organizational experience as a basis for its performance, thus, it has more advantages in the long run. At the same time, the Indigenous strategy demonstrates good preventing and immediate effects as its based-on community experience. Thus, my findings show that the integration and cooperation between both strategies should apply for mitigation of the risk of natural disasters in the coastal areas of Bangladesh.