Abstract
Bangladesh is a riverine country that is the most climate-change-vulnerable country in the world. Riverbank erosion adversely affects people and their livelihoods by damaging their homesteads, agricultural land, and causing economic, social, and psychological distress over time. Under these criteria, erosion control measures/approaches are vital for protecting erosion and crating livelihoods resilient. This study intends to assess riverbank erosion and livelihood resilience using traditional erosion control approaches by observing and surveying 118 riverine households in Rowmari, northern Bangladesh. The results show that riverbank erosion enormously damages household lands, socio-economic conditions, livelihoods, and resources, resulting in increased vulnerability. About 54.2% of the households utilize traditional approaches known as bundlings and 33.1% use both bundlings + bank vegetation that helps them resist erosion. Traditional erosion management approaches enhance resilience by safeguarding agricultural land, crop fields, production, and homesteads rapidly and sustainably, and by reducing damage to infrastructure, roads, embankments and transportation in the region. A probit model was also employed to explore factors that have influenced traditional erosion approaches. The factors such as age, education, family size, erosion experience, occupation, earning members, and farm size were meaningfully related to taking traditional erosion approaches. It is expected that the outcomes of the present research will help guide governmental agencies and policymakers and contribute to the construction of a sustainable riverbank erosion action framework in Bangladesh and other regions with similar problems.
Highlights
The outcomes of the study are presented into two segments: the first segment represents the demographic characteristics and impacts of riverbank erosion and second segment represents traditional erosion control approaches to control erosion and livelihood resilient
The research looked into traditional erosion control methods at the local level as well as livelihood resilience in the face of riverbank erosion
The study revealed that traditional erosion control approaches protect agricultural land, crop fields, and production rapidly and sustainably, and reducing damage to infrastructure, roads, embankments, and transportation in the region
Summary
Traditional approaches are vital tools for managing disasters through which local people have to alter their lives and livelihoods to adapt to changing environments [1,2]. In the case of riverbank erosion control, the traditional approaches are cost-effective and eco-friendly and provide rapid sustainability. As a country like Bangladesh, engineered erosion control approaches are time-consuming, costly, and local people participate in utilizing them. To minimize the enormous loss of livelihoods, properties, and settlements, etc. Caused by riverbank erosion, traditional control approaches need to be considered. To minimize the enormous loss of livelihoods, properties, and settlements, etc. caused by riverbank erosion, traditional control approaches need to be considered. 4.0/).
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