Disaster, Displacement and Resilient Livelihoods

• Page count

  312 pages

• Category

  Social Science, Disasters & Disaster Relief

• Publisher

  Emerald Publishing Limited

• Ebook file size

• Language

  English

Summary

Despite increasing disaster risk in South Asian countries, exposure and vulnerability to natural hazards are not yet at the forefront of development agendas. Covering disaster scenarios, and the causes and consequences of disaster displacement, Disaster, Displacement and Resilient Livelihoods: Perspectives from South Asia provides a much-needed focus on the South Asian context, generating new insights and considering the policy implications of strategies for building resilient livelihoods.

Recognising the diversity of South Asian countries in terms of culture, environment, livelihood patterns and socioeconomic and political structures, chapters consider risk landscape and resilience capacity in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Bringing critical attention to an emerging topic, Disaster, Displacement and Resilient Livelihoods: Perspectives from South Asia breaks fresh ground by considering resilient livelihoods in terms of capacity, resources and policy within each country’s diverse local context. Delving into communities’ capacities to prevent displacement, their ability to mitigate protection risks during displacement and their options in terms of durable solutions, contributors offer a resilience building framework that incorporates common principles while also retaining a flexibility and adaptability for specific risk environments.

Capturing the diverse context of the South Asian resilient livelihood framework, Disaster, Displacement and Resilient Livelihoods: Perspectives from South Asia addresses a crucial gap for an interdisciplinary audience interested in urban and political sociology, social and cultural anthropology and disaster, development and South Asian studies.

Table of contents

• Chapter 1. Introduction: Disaster, Displacement and Resilient Livelihoods in South Asia; M. Rezaul Islam

• Chapter 2. Research Trends on Natural Disasters in the Context of India: A Bibliometric Analysis; Babul Hossain, Md Nazirul Islam Sarker, Guoqing Shi, and Md. Salman Sohel
• Chapter 3. Household Vulnerability and Resilience to Natural Disasters in Pakistan: A Systematic Literature Review; Babul Hossain, Md Nazirul Islam Sarker, Guoqing Shi, and Md. Salman Sohel
• Chapter 4. Disaster Vulnerability, Displacement and Resilient Livelihoods among the Afghan Urban Women; Marina Hamidazada and Ana Maria Cruz
• Chapter 5. Livelihood Resilience of Climate-Induced Displaced People in South Asia: Implications for Bangladesh; Md Nazirul Islam Sarker
• Chapter 6. An Assessment of Population Displacement and Resilience Livelihood Options among River Erosion-Affected People in Bangladesh; M. Rezaul Islam and Walter Leal Filho
• Chapter 7. Community Resilience Initiatives among River Erosion Affected People in Bangladesh; M. Rezaul Islam
• Chapter 8. Disaster and Displacement: Opportunities and Challenges for Enhancing Resilience in Nepal; Raju Chauhan, Sudeep Thakuri, and Charles Pradhan
• Chapter 9. Disaster, Displacement and Resilient Livelihoods in Sri Lanka: Policy Imperatives; R. Lalitha S. Fernando, Manjitha Kavindi Siriwardhana, E. Achini Indrachapa Kularathna, and H. D. M. Kaushalya Geethamali
• Chapter 10. Conclusions: Disaster, Displacement and Resilient Livelihoods in South Asia; M. Rezaul Islam

About the authors

M. Rezaul Islam is Post Doc Fellow at the Centre Family and Child Studies, Research Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sharjah, UAE; Professor in Social Work at the Institute of Social Welfare and Research, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh; and Academic Fellow, Faculty of Social Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia.