Abstract
The main purpose of this research is to analyze the perception of climate change impacts on human health in Bangladesh through data from nationality representative surveys conducted in some district of Bangladesh. In Bangladesh there have a few research has been conducted on public perceptions about the impact of climate change on human health. A structured questionnaire method was conducted, and data collected from 615 respondents. The findings of this study reveal that out of 615 respondents, 76.0% of the respondents replied positively while remaining 24.0%, almost one-fourth of total respondents, indicated that they have not heard the term climate change before. Knowledgeable in climate change, 92.5% of respondents agreed that climate change has an impact on human health while only 7.5% respondents disagreed with this statement. 90.5% of respondents argued that they are agreed with the opinion that climate change is a serious threat to human health. This study will contribute informatively to the scant information on the impacts of climate change affecting human health in Bangladesh. Theoretically, the study will also contribute to the previous literature on the public perceptions of climate change impacts on human health. Furthermore, the results of the study will be very useful for climate change policy makers, especially Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) for the making related policies and mechanisms in order to overcome with current human health impacts in Bangladesh. In addition, the awareness of existence, the impacts, and the causes of climate change will be possible to integrate climate change into policy planning, projects and daily activities as well as make the whole society to participate in the entire process to mitigate climate change.
Highlights
Bangladesh is a densely-populated, mainly riverine and low-laying country located in South Asia
Heard about climate change before or not Though the study aims to assess the public perception about the impact of climate change on human health in the context of Bangladesh, it was necessary to know whether the respondents have knowledge about climate change and if they have heard about climate change before
The World Health Organization (WHO) intensified that the change in climate is a crucial and evolving issue to the health of human being and people living in tropical countries or living in lower level of income societies are suffering a lot in this case
Summary
Bangladesh is a densely-populated, mainly riverine and low-laying country located in South Asia. In Bangladesh, the environmental issues lower the value of and excess to productive resources and create health problems as well mainly for the poor, which increases vulnerability and complicate economic growth and poverty alleviation process. Winter, Summer, and Monsoon are prominent among the six seasons in a year in this country. Generally from November to February, the minimum temperature fluctuates within the range from 7 degrees Celsius to 13 degrees Celsius where the maximum temperature in this season surges within the range from 24 degrees Celsius to 31 degrees Celsius. In Summer (March – June), the average maximum temperature is 37 degrees Celsius because the temperature sporadically rises up to 41 degrees Celsius or more in some places in this season. Bangladesh faces most kinds of natural disasters including drought, heavy rain, floods, heavy storms, riverbank collapse, fire incident and epidemics on a regular basis that affect
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