Climate Change Vulnerability in Dacope Upazila, Bangladesh
Journal of Scientific Research & Reports 21(4): 1-12, 2018; Article no.JSRR.45471 ISSN: 2320-0227 Climate Change Vulnerability in Dacope Upazila, Bangladesh Md. Abdur Razzaque1*, Muhammed Alamgir1 and Md. Mujibor Rahman2 1Department of Civil Engineering, Khulna University of Engineering and Technology, Khulna-9203, Bangladesh. 2Environmental Science Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna-9208, Bangladesh. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration between all authors. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/JSRR/2018/45471 Editor(s): (1) Dr. Rahul Kumar Jaiswal, National Institute of Hydrology, WALMI Campus, Bhopal, India. Reviewers: (1) Coster Adeleke Sabitu, Tai Solarin College of Education, Nigeria. (2) Lawrence Okoye, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria. Complete Peer review History: http://www.sciencedomain.org/review-history/28066 Received 23 September 2018 Accepted 05 December 2018 Original Research Article Published 02 January 2019 ABSTRACT Aims: This study was aimed to assess the climate change vulnerability of Dacope upazila of Bangladesh and analyze the factor behind the vulnerability components. Additionally, it was intended to visualize the relative vulnerability of different unions in GIS environment. Place of Study: Dacope Upazila of Khulna district comprising an area of 991.57 km2, bounded by Batiaghata upazila on the north, Pasur river on the south, Rampal and Mongla upazilas on the east, Paikgachha and Koyra upazilas on the west. Methodology: Integrated assessment approach was used to determine the union level climate change vulnerability. 100 households from 9 unions of the study area were taken for survey. The vulnerability determined in this study was calculated from exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity.
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