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Climate-Induced Displacement and Human Migration Landscape in Bangladesh

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Bangladesh is one of the most climate vulnerable countries in the world. The country is experiencing climate-induced extreme disasters like sea level rise, salinity intrusion, flood and flash flood, drought, storm surges and tidal inundation, water logging. Due to slow onset and sudden disaster, climate-induced migration is a common scenario in different vulnerable regions. The study aims to explore the trends and scenario of current climate-induced displacement and human migration landscape, land ownership changes from the flood and drought affected areas of Bangladesh. The study was conducted in northern Bangladesh, the flood and drought affected districts through spatial and community analysis using Climate Vulnerability Assessment (CVA), Natural Capital Analysis, participatory research including Household Survey (HHS), Focus Group Discussion (FGD), and Key Informant Interview (KII) to identify the association between climatic extremes and migration from the respective study areas. The study reveals that land use and land ownership changes are highly correlated with climate-induced displacement and changing human migration landscape tremendously from the flood- and drought-affected areas. Historically, migration trend is increasing due to increasing trends of climate vulnerability.

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  1. Center for People & Environ (CPE), Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Muhammad Abdur Rahaman

  2. Additional Deputy Commissioner (Education & ICT), Gopalganj, Bangladesh

    Md Iqbal Hossain

  3. UNDP, Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Abid Kamal

  4. Bangladesh Red Crescent Society, Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Mohammad Newaz Sharif

  5. BRAC, Unchiprang, Teknaf, Bangladesh

    Mursheduzzaman

  6. Department of Coastal Studies & Disaster Management, University of Barishal, Barishal, Bangladesh

    Asif Moinur Chowdhury

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    Walter Leal Filho

  2. School of Social Sciences, CHC Higher Education, Carindale, Australia

    Johannes Luetz

  3. Center for Food Security Studies, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    Desalegn Ayal

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Rahaman, M.A., Hossain, M.I., Kamal, A., Sharif, M.N., Mursheduzzaman, Chowdhury, A.M. (2021). Climate-Induced Displacement and Human Migration Landscape in Bangladesh. In: Leal Filho, W., Luetz, J., Ayal, D. (eds) Handbook of Climate Change Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22759-3_255-1

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