Migration Due to Climate Change from the South-West Coastal Region of Bangladesh: A Case Study on Shymnagor Upazilla, Satkhira District

Most. Nasima Akhter; Tapos Kumar Chakraborty; Gopal Chandra Ghosh; Prianka Ghosh; Sayka Jahan

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Migration Due to Climate Change from the South-West Coastal Region of Bangladesh: A Case Study on Shymnagor Upazilla, Satkhira District

Most. Nasima Akhter, Tapos Kumar Chakraborty, Gopal Chandra Ghosh, Prianka Ghosh, Sayka Jahan

Published in American Journal of Environmental Protection (Volume 5, Issue 6)

Received: 25 September 2016 Accepted: 8 October 2016 Published: 1 November 2016

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Abstract

Climate change has been presented as a likely trigger for migration of people, especially in Coastal areas in Bangladesh. This study investigates the climate-induced migration causes, migration pattern and destination of individual household in coastal Bangladesh. It also identifies which economic groups were migrated from this region. Data were collected through a stratiﬁed random sampling technique on 120 rural households through a defined questionnaire survey. Survey was carried out aftermath of AILA (25^th May 2009), from three disasters prone unions in coastal Bangladesh. Findings showed that the main causes of migration were unemployment (65%), poverty and food insecurity (23%). The rate of temporary / seasonal migration (67%) was higher than permanent migration (20%) and most migrants choose city area (77%) as their migration place. Mainly lower economic groups (Extremely poor, poor and lower middle class) were migrated from this region for economic insufficiency. Creating job facilities and ensuring food security is the main solution for improving this problem.

Published in	American Journal of Environmental Protection (Volume 5, Issue 6)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajep.20160506.11
Page(s)	145-151
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Cross-Sectional Survey, Climate Change, Migration, Coastal Bangladesh

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Most. Nasima Akhter; Tapos Kumar Chakraborty; Gopal Chandra Ghosh; Prianka Ghosh; Sayka Jahan. Migration Due to Climate Change from the South-West Coastal Region of Bangladesh: A Case Study on Shymnagor Upazilla, Satkhira District. Am. J. Environ. Prot. 2016, 5(6), 145-151. doi: 10.11648/j.ajep.20160506.11

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Most. Nasima Akhter, Tapos Kumar Chakraborty, Gopal Chandra Ghosh, Prianka Ghosh, Sayka Jahan. Migration Due to Climate Change from the South-West Coastal Region of Bangladesh: A Case Study on Shymnagor Upazilla, Satkhira District. Am J Environ Prot. 2016;5(6):145-151. doi: 10.11648/j.ajep.20160506.11

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Most. Nasima Akhter

Department of Sociology, Baliadanga Khanpur College, Monirampur, Jessore, Bangladesh
Tapos Kumar Chakraborty

Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Jessore University of Science and Technology, Jessore, Bangladesh
Gopal Chandra Ghosh

Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Jessore University of Science and Technology, Jessore, Bangladesh
Prianka Ghosh

Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Jessore University of Science and Technology, Jessore, Bangladesh
Sayka Jahan

Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Jessore University of Science and Technology, Jessore, Bangladesh

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Most. Nasima Akhter, Tapos Kumar Chakraborty, Gopal Chandra Ghosh, Prianka Ghosh, Sayka Jahan. Migration Due to Climate Change from the South-West Coastal Region of Bangladesh: A Case Study on Shymnagor Upazilla, Satkhira District. Am J Environ Prot. 2016;5(6):145-151. doi: 10.11648/j.ajep.20160506.11

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