Abstract
Floods and river bank erosions in Bangladesh have historically impacted the society and economy of the country. The flood and erosion disasters in the Ganges-Padma River Basin have caused displacement, in many instances frequently, forcing people to migrate every now and then. The objective of the chapter is to map the process of out migration of char people to various locations within the region and to develop a comprehensive adaptive guideline for charlands settlement conducive to sustainable livelihood for households that are victims of the cyclic displacements due to natural hazards.
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The word mouza refers to revenue unit in a cadastral map. Purba Khas Bandarkhola has multiple cadastral sheets. The study village is in Mouza sheet number 3.
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The chapter incorporates ideas and findings of research I have jointly carried out with my colleagues Shilpa Singh, Hashibush Shaheed and Shouke Wei (see Islam et al. 2010). I acknowledge their contributions and remain thankful for their support as well as thanks to the char dwellers those gave me a lot of information concerning char settlement and livelihoods issues.
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Islam, S.N. (2021). Floods, Charland Erosions and Settlement Displacement in the Ganges-Padma River Basin. In: Zaman, M., Alam, M. (eds) Living on the Edge. Springer Geography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73592-0_12
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