Author : S. M. Mehedi Hasan
Publisher : LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9783847315612
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (156 download)
Book Synopsis River Erosion and Health Hazards by : S. M. Mehedi Hasan
Download or read book River Erosion and Health Hazards written by S. M. Mehedi Hasan and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2011-12 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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