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dc.contributor.authorSwapan, Mohammad Shahidul Hasan
dc.contributor.authorAshikuzzaman, Md
dc.contributor.authorIftekhar, Md Sayed
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-06T05:23:39Z
dc.date.available2020-08-06T05:23:39Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.issn0975-4253
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0975425320906269
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/396262
dc.description.abstractThe integration of sustainability principles into disaster management research suggests a shift from traditional expert-driven assessment to a more community-driven process. However, most studies have focused on a generalized and regional assessment of perceived risk. Only a few of them have focused on informal settlements which belong to the most vulnerable communities facing the compound impacts of multiple disasters in urban areas. This raises concerns over the generalization of existing findings as informal settlements may add to spatial heterogeneity in disaster risk assessment. In order to contribute to this knowledge gap, we have surveyed 1,122 households of 93 slums of Khulna city in Bangladesh. We have investigated informal settlers’ perceptions of local and citywide hazard risks and their vulnerabilities from natural and anthropogenic hazards. It is found that low-income households are more concerned about the day-to-day inconvenience (e.g., waterlogging) rather than extreme weather events (e.g., cyclone and storm surge). This is mainly due to the degraded local environment and poor built form of their living places. The mapping of survey responses displays a spatial segregation of perceived disaster risk. The study highlights the importance of adopting spatial and risk-specific disaster preparedness policies and interventions. The results of the study would also be useful for tailoring appropriate disaster management policies to improve community resilience for poverty-stricken areas in developing countries.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSage Publications Ltd
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom51
dc.relation.ispartofpageto77
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalEnvironment and Urbanization ASIA
dc.relation.ispartofvolume11
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnvironmental management
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4104
dc.subject.keywordsScience & Technology
dc.subject.keywordsLife Sciences & Biomedicine
dc.subject.keywordsEnvironmental Studies
dc.subject.keywordsEnvironmental Sciences & Ecology
dc.subject.keywordsDisaster management
dc.titleDynamics of Urban Disaster Risk Paradigm: Looking Through the Perceived Lens of the Residents of Informal Settlements in Khulna City, Bangladesh
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationSwapan, MSH; Ashikuzzaman, M; Iftekhar, MS, Dynamics of Urban Disaster Risk Paradigm: Looking Through the Perceived Lens of the Residents of Informal Settlements in Khulna City, Bangladesh, Environment and Urbanization ASIA, 2020, 11 (1), pp. 51-77
dc.date.updated2020-08-06T05:22:08Z
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gro.griffith.authorIftekhar, Md Sayed S.


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