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River Erosion and Health Hazards (Paperback)
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River Erosion and Health Hazards (Paperback)
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The purpose of this research was to find out the nature of health
hazards caused by river erosion and analysis patterns of economic
and social adaptation among river-bank erosion-induced displaces in
Dacope Upazila under Khulna District of Bangladesh.The need to
integrate hazard analysis and mitigation with the broader economic
and social context is discussed.It is argued that the capacity of
people to respond to environmental threats is a function of not
only the physical forces which affect them, but also of underlying
economic and social relationships which increase human
vulnerability to risk.People are very vulnerable in the study area
owing to river erosion.In the study area, nearly every one of the
respondents (91.67%) were ill health the greater part of the people
(65.8%)collected drinking water from the ponds. large amount
(79.2%) were victim of Diarrhea and Dysentery, half of the
population (39.2%)were Illiterate (30.8%) were involved in daily
labour, (46.67%) possessed income range between BDT 1001 to 2000.So
time has come, a new era has begun, we have to address problems,
faced by the victims of river erosion and have to take proper
initiatives for their developm
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