Abstract
Measuring urban resilience is one of the important processes toward understanding the potential current and future risks of cities, assessing the challenges of urbanization and to guide the development of urban areas. The research was conducted in a slum named Bangabandhu Colony under Barishal City Corporation (BCC). The purpose of the research was to measure the urban disaster resilience and to find out a better way of future urban disaster resilience in this area. Climate Disaster Resilience Index (CDRI) was used to measure climate-related disaster resilience by considering five dimensions: physical, social, institutional, economic and natural which shows resilience level ranging from 1-5 where 1 representing very poor and 5 best. A semi-structured questionnaire was used for collecting the primary data and the secondary data was collected from secondary sources. Results revealed that the resilience level of physical, social, institutional, economic, and natural dimensions was 2.76, 2.79, 2.29, 2.53, 2.59 respectively, which indicates a medium resilience level of all dimensions. Finally, the research depicted that, the resilience level of the area will increase through hand to hand working of people with government and non-government officials, conducting public awareness programs, campaigns, seminars and discussions. The findings of the research can be used by researchers and development workers for enhancing disaster resilience of other areas under Barishal City Corporation as well as other city areas of Bangladesh.
Highlights
Disasters caused by the climate change have an impact on urban cities and their entire connected system
Based on the survey result, it was found that the houses were not build according to the area building code which caused the households more vulnerable with resilience level as 2.36 which was relatively lower than other parameters in the physical resilience dimension (Fig. 2)
This study showed current resilience level of a specific area in Barishal city by assessing the challenges and potentialities in different aspects of urban system using Climate Disaster Resilience Index (CDRI)
Summary
Disasters caused by the climate change have an impact on urban cities and their entire connected system. A recent episode of extreme climatic events in urban areas have highlighted that cities are not prepared to face the climateinduced disasters (Wan Mohd Rani et al, 2018). Developing countries are experiencing urbanization at such a rapid pace that it exceeds their economic growth and finance. Like other Least Developed Countries (LDCs), South Asian countries in general, and Bangladesh in particular, have been undergoing a rapid growth in urbanization (Helal et al, 2010). Urbanization has been so rapid in these countries that it makes it difficult for the government to maintain social and economic integration and provide for all the impoverished newcomers to the cities. Evidence revealed the country is going to witness a rapid spread of urbanization over the decade (Helal et al, 2010)
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