Mahmuda Mutahara PhD Candidate

Wageningen University, Netherlands Date: 2 December 2012

Towards preaching what is practiced?

From practices to possibilities for living with flood in rural area of Bangladesh delta

Project Background

Poverty and hunger Social insecurity

Social and institutional conflict

Ecological disruption

South-Western Region

SATKHIRA

Region: South-west

Districts: Jessore, Khulna,

Satkhira River System:

Upper Bhadra, Hari, Kobadak,

Bhairab

Focus Area

Behind the Problem

Frequent cyclone and storm surges

Un available upstream flow from Ganges River

Changing nature of tidal action

Shifting pattern of seasonal rainfall

Structural Interventions (Coastal Embankment and polder)

Problem Statement

Objectives

i) Identify peoples’ perception to flood and changes in livelihoods

ii) Show the relationship/gap between water management system and community practise

iii) Compare community views to WMP in Bangladesh and Dutch delta

iv) Develop an indicator framework to assess community resilience i) Innovate a Multi Actor Learning Approach to enhance community

resilience

Innovate a learning process and contribute for strengthening rural community resilience

Main Research Questions

Research Sub - Questions

How do people define the flood culture in SW area of Bangladesh delta?

How do water management initiatives influence the livelihoods and community development in such flood vulnerable rural coastal area?

What is the community view and how do they respond to practiced water management system in Bangladesh and Dutch delta in terms of future climate vulnerability?

How does community resilience be assessed in a flood vulnerable rural area of Bangladesh delta?

How does a knowledge approach contribute to enhance the community resilience in rural delta of Bangladesh in context of climate risk?

Interaction:

Community, management options, Policy maker (different level of actor)

Integration:

Integrate social, economic, environmental factors

Identification:

Current capacity to cope with climate change (level of resilience)

General Research Concept

Innovation: Knowledge to community level capacity enhancement

Definition:

Issue and vulnerability

Data Collection: Literature review/institutional survey Participatory Rural Appraisal

Mobility map Social Map (Village map) Group Discussion or FSM Actors dialogue and feed back

Questionnaire survey Case studies Interview with experts and agencies

Development of MASL framework

Assess community resilience (Using DROP Model)

Identification of resilience factor for locality

Comparative analysis between community view and response to

WM in BD and NL

Identification impact to livelihood system

Review and scenario generation of certain issue (flood & water

logging)

Study Components

Period Place Proposed activities

From March to August 2012 The Netherlands

Attending courses and work on research proposal, literature review

From September 2012 to February 2013

Bangladesh First field visit: defining study area; Secondary information collection; Institutional survey and data collection

From March to May 2013 The Netherlands

Reviewing information gathered and draft of first and second articles

From June 2013 to February 2014 Bangladesh Second field visit: Questioners survey, Stakeholder consultation

From March to May 2014 The Netherlands

Review of collected data, data analysis and draft of 3rd articles

From June 2014 to August 2015 Bangladesh Final field visit: FGD and stakeholder workshop; data analysis and report writing

From September 2015 to February 2016

The Netherlands

Reviewing previous articles and writing final thesis

Work Plan