Qualitative analysis of coping strategies of cyclone disaster in coastal area of Bangladesh

This paper is an attempt to explore the indigenous coping strategies of cyclone-affected coastal people, especially in southwestern part of Bangladesh. This study has been conducted by using qualitative methods, i.e., case study, key informants interviews and focus group discussion were adopted to g...

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Published in:Natural hazards (Dordrecht) 2017, Vol.85 (1), p.425-435
Main Author: Garai, Joydeb
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation
Analysis
Civil Engineering
Coastal areas
Coastal zone
Coasts
Cyclones
Disaster management
Disasters
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Emergency preparedness
Environmental Management
Geophysics/Geodesy
Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences
Hazard mitigation
Hazards
Housing
Hydrogeology
Livestock
Natural Hazards
Original Paper
Policies
Qualitative analysis
Qualitative research
Strategy
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Summary:This paper is an attempt to explore the indigenous coping strategies of cyclone-affected coastal people, especially in southwestern part of Bangladesh. This study has been conducted by using qualitative methods, i.e., case study, key informants interviews and focus group discussion were adopted to get the vivid and comprehensive panorama of coping strategies of cyclone-affected coastal people. The paper examines that coastal people envisaged with frequent and severe natural hazards throughout the years which severely affect their everyday life. The findings indicate that in order to cope with the hazards, coastal people change their housing structure, search new jobs, migrate elsewhere, rear alternative livestock, borrow money, take relief and so on. The findings also indicate that local people can perceive and predict about the imminent hazards by observing different indicators and take initiative for disaster prevention, mitigation and adaptation from their existing traditional knowledge and practices. There has not been conducted much empirical research on indigenous coping strategies of coastal people in natural hazards, so policy maker can get a comprehensive view about this context and implement it to national policy for comprehensive disaster management and adaptation.
ISSN:0921-030X
1573-0840
DOI:10.1007/s11069-016-2574-8