mahmuda mutahara "towards preachin what is practiced?"
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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