Livelihood resilience is becoming a popular research and policy agenda in the context of development as well as climate change adaptation. In Bangladesh, riverine island (char) dwellers are isolated from the mainland and most vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. This study intends to explore the livelihood resilience of vulnerable char dwellers by employing Resilience Index Measurement and Analysis (RIMA) model. Survey data were obtained from 374 char households using semi-structured questionnaire to know their resilience capacities (adaptive, absorptive and transformative capacity). This study reveals that char dwellers have a poor level of resilience which made them unable to withstand against any adverse effect of natural disasters. Char dwellers however, residing near to the mainland area displayed relatively more resilience (0.353) than that of the distant char areas (0.347). The major limiting factors of livelihood resilience in the char areas include access to food, income and health facilities, agricultural and non-agricultural assets, and adoption of technology which need to be improved for the survival of the char dwellers. Capacity building program through activating local government, NGOs intervention and public-private partnership should be triggered to enhance the resilience of the char dwellers across Bangladesh.

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面临自然灾害的河流岛屿居民的生计恢复力：来自孟加拉国的经验证据

在发展和适应气候变化的背景下，生计恢复力正在成为一项受欢迎的研究和政策议程。在孟加拉国，沿河岛屿 (char) 居民与大陆隔绝，最容易受到气候变化的不利影响。本研究旨在通过采用复原力指数测量和分析（RIMA）模型来探索脆弱炭疽居民的生计复原力。使用半结构化问卷从 374 个炭家庭中获得调查数据，以了解他们的复原能力（适应能力、吸收能力和变革能力）。这项研究表明，炭化居民的复原力水平很差，这使他们无法抵御自然灾害的任何不利影响。然而，居住在大陆地区附近的 Char 居民表现出相对更强的弹性 (0. 353) 比远处的炭化区 (0.347) 高。炭烧地区生计恢复力的主要限制因素包括获得食物、收入和医疗设施、农业和非农业资产，以及采用需要改进以保证炭烧居民生存的技术。应通过激活地方政府、非政府组织的干预和公私伙伴关系来启动能力建设计划，以提高孟加拉国各地炭疽居民的复原力。