A Nationwide Approach on Measuring Households’ Resilience by Constructing Climate Resilient Livelihoods Index (CRLI) in Rural Bangladesh

Sifat E Rabbi,Jürgen P Kropp,Reza E Rabbi,Sourav Karmakar

doi:10.4236/ajcc.2021.104031

Abstract

A Nationwide Approach on Measuring Households’ Resilience by Constructing Climate Resilient Livelihoods Index (CRLI) in Rural Bangladesh

Highlights

According to international panel for climate change (IPCC) Fourth assessment report, “resilience is defined as the ability of a social or ecological system to absorb disturbances while retaining the same basic structure and ways of functioning, the capacity for self-organization, and the capacity to adapt to stress and change” (IPCC, 2007)
Climate resilient livelihoods refer to the livelihoods that help to adapt, reorganize and evolve to upgrade the sustainability of the existing system to prepare for future climate change impacts (Amin et al, 2018)
Result showed that almost, 27% households were food insured, 54% households were failed to meet any of the basic services, 40% households were financially vulnerable, 17% households were occupied with more dependents and had less work force, 62% households failed to meet the physical connectivity, more than 80% households failed to assure social safety net programme and had low adaptive capacity and almost 70% households had failed to have knowledge and resilience against climate change; eventually scored 0 (Figure 3)

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Introduction

According to IPCC Fourth assessment report, “resilience is defined as the ability of a social or ecological system to absorb disturbances while retaining the same basic structure and ways of functioning, the capacity for self-organization, and the capacity to adapt to stress and change” (IPCC, 2007). “climate resilience” refers to the capacity of the socio-economic system to absorb stresses and maintain function derived by climate change (Amin et al, 2018). It is a long-term outcome of effective climate change adaptation and that indicates the capacity of social-ecological systems to sustain shocks and maintain the integrity of functional relationships in the face of external forces (Tompkins & Adger, 2004). The concept of “climate resilient livelihoods” defines the community livelihoods likely to adapt to the future climate change impact by measuring their existing livelihoods strategies. The rural livelihood is a complex and dynamic phenomenon even though the day-to-day uncertainty of survival is constant (Marschke & Berkes, 2006)

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