Sonja Ayeb‐Karlsson, Kees van der Geest, Istiakh Ahmed, Saleemul Huq et al.
The Ganges–Brahmaputra delta enables Bangladesh to sustain a dense population, but it also exposes people to natural hazards. This article presents findings from the Gibika project, which researches livelihood resilience in seven study sites across Bangladesh. This study aims to understand how peopl...
Istiakh Ahmed, Sonja Ayeb‐Karlsson, Kees van der Geest, Saleemul Huq et al.
This paper aims to understand how environmental stressors influence people’s livelihood options in the coastal belt of Bangladesh. We argue that environmental stressors such as cyclones, riverbank erosion, salinity intrusion, and floods have negative impacts on people’s lives by reducing their livel...
Sonja Ayeb‐Karlsson, Dominic Kniveton, Terry Cannon, Kees van der Geest et al.
While much work has been invested in addressing the economic and technical basis of disaster preparedness, less effort has been directed towards understanding the cultural and social obstacles to and opportunities for disaster risk reduction. This paper presents local insights from five different na...
Ross Westoby, Rachel Clissold, Karen E. McNamara, Istiakh Ahmed et al.
Adapting to the impacts of climate change is one of the most urgent priorities of our time. Given that the impacts of climate change are experienced at local scales, it makes sense that adaptation should occur locally, and yet, despite this, locals often have little control over how adaptation is fu...
Hanna A. Ruszczyk, Alex Halligey, M. Feisal Rahman, Istiakh Ahmed
This paper presents a mixed method, participatory exploration of liveability as a stocktaking assessment with projections for urban vitality in cities, particularly in LMIC, small cities. The paper takes as its case study research conducted in 2019 and 2020 in Mongla and Noapara, south west Banglade...
Laura Kuhl, Istiakh Ahmed, M. Feisal Rahman, Jamie E. Shinn et al.
Istiakh Ahmed, Laura Kuhl, M. Feisal Rahman, Jamie E. Shinn et al.
An effective, fit-for-purpose loss and damage finance facility (L&D facility) is critical for climate justice. After three decades of negotiation, parties agreed to establish an L&D facility at COP27 in Egypt. 1,2 A transitional committee has been formed to advise on the institutional arrangements a...
Istiakh Ahmed, Saleemul Huq, Shahrin Mannan, Md Juel Mahmud et al.
Sonja Ayeb‐Karlsson, Kees van der Geest, Istiakh Ahmed, Saleemul Huq et al.