Livelihood under stress: The case of urban poor during and post-flood in Dhaka, Bangladesh,The Geographical Journal

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Livelihood under stress: The case of urban poor during and post-flood in Dhaka, Bangladesh
The Geographical Journal ( IF 3.6 ) Pub Date : 2021-02-17 , DOI: 10.1111/geoj.12379
Hasina Akther ₁ , Mokbul Morshed Ahmad ₁

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Urban floods resulting from climate change and unplanned urban growth are creating tremendous stress on the urban poor who are already living in vulnerable conditions. This paper sets out to analyse the livelihood status of the urban poor in a regular situation and a situation under stress due to urban flood in Dhaka city. Two urban poor settlements were surveyed; 400 households were interviewed. It was found that the urban poor households had different types of livelihood capitals at different levels which expressed the livelihood status of the households. In a normal situation, slum dwellers were living with a moderate level of livelihood status, which dropped down to a poor level during a stressed period. The store of capitals of households influenced the capacity of a household to cope with stressed situations because adaptive capacity and sensitivity were controlled by the stock of capitals. Capitals were influencing each other internally, which produced differences in livelihood status among households in both normal and stressed situations. The geographical setting, intensive flooding, poor socio-economic conditions, and lack of collective actions profoundly increased the vulnerability of slum dwellers. These findings suggest that more emphasis should be given to improve capital assets, particularly human capital and social capital, for increasing the capabilities of the urban poor to reduce poverty and to cope with periods of crisis.

中文翻译：

压力下的生计：孟加拉国达卡洪水期间和之后的城市贫民案例

气候变化和无计划的城市增长造成的城市洪水给已经生活在脆弱环境中的城市贫民带来了巨大压力。本文旨在分析达卡市城市贫民在正常情况下和受城市洪水压力情况下的生计状况。调查了两个城市贫困住区；采访了 400 户家庭。研究发现，城市贫困户在不同层面拥有不同类型的生计资本，反映了家庭的生计状况。在正常情况下，贫民窟居民的生活水平中等，在压力时期下降到贫困水平。家庭资本储备影响家庭应对压力情况的能力，因为适应能力和敏感性受资本存量控制。资本在内部相互影响，这导致在正常和压力情况下家庭之间的生计状况存在差异。地理环境、密集的洪水、恶劣的社会经济条件以及缺乏集体行动都极大地增加了贫民窟居民的脆弱性。这些发现表明，应该更加重视改善资本资产，特别是人力资本和社会资本，以提高城市贫民减少贫困和应对危机时期的能力。这导致在正常和压力情况下家庭的生计状况存在差异。地理环境、密集的洪水、恶劣的社会经济条件以及缺乏集体行动都极大地增加了贫民窟居民的脆弱性。这些发现表明，应该更加重视改善资本资产，特别是人力资本和社会资本，以提高城市贫民减少贫困和应对危机时期的能力。这导致在正常和压力情况下家庭的生计状况存在差异。地理环境、密集的洪水、恶劣的社会经济条件以及缺乏集体行动都极大地增加了贫民窟居民的脆弱性。这些发现表明，应该更加重视改善资本资产，特别是人力资本和社会资本，以提高城市贫民减少贫困和应对危机时期的能力。

更新日期：2021-02-17

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