Majedul Hoque|Shenghui Cui|Xu Li|Imranul Islam|Jianxiong Tang|Shuangshuang Ding
Assessing Agricultural Livelihood Vulnerability to Climate Change in Coastal Bangladesh
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences|Institute of Urban Environment|Chinese Academy of Sciences|Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University|Institute of Urban Environment|Chinese Academy of Sciences|Institute of Urban Environment|Chinese Academy of Sciences|University of Chinese Academy of Sciences|Institute of Urban Environment|Chinese Academy of Sciences|University of Chinese Academy of Sciences|Institute of Urban Environment|Chinese Academy of Sciences|University of Chinese Academy of Sciences|Institute of Urban Environment|Chinese Academy of Sciences
adverse impacts climate change exert mounting pressure agriculturedependent livelihoods many developing developed nations however integrated spatially specific vulnerability assessments lessdeveloped countries like bangladesh rare insufficient support decisionmaking needed climatechange resilience develop agricultural livelihood vulnerability index alvi integrated approach allowing mapping hot spots vulnerability distribution ii identifying key factors spatially heterogeneous vulnerability iii supporting intervention planning adaptation study conceptualized vulnerability function exposure sensitivity adaptive capacity developing composite index reliable dataset 64 indicators comprising biophysical agroecological socioeconomic variables empirical studies coastal bangladesh revealed bhola patuakhali lakshmipur districts around mouth deltaic meghna estuaries hot spot vulnerability distribution furthermore spatially heterogeneous vulnerability triggered spatial variation erosion cyclones drought rainfed agriculture land degradation soil phosphorus crop productivity sanitation housing condition infant mortality emergency shelters adoption agrotechnology integrated approach could useful monitoring evaluating effectiveness adaptation intervention substituting various hypothetical scenarios alvi framework baseline comparison