Agricultural livelihoods in coastal Bangladesh under climate and environmental change: a model framework

This study proposes an integrated approach to develop a simulation model to support agriculture and poverty-based analysis

Abstract

Coastal Bangladesh experiences significant poverty and hazards today and is highly vulnerable to climate and environmental change over the coming decades. Coastal stakeholders are demanding information to assist in the decision making processes, including simulation models to explore how different interventions, under different plausible future socio-economic and environmental scenarios, could alleviate environmental risks and promote development. Many existing simulation models neglect the complex interdependencies between the socio-economic and environmental system of coastal Bangladesh. Here an integrated approach has been proposed to develop a simulation model to support agriculture and poverty-based analysis and decision-making in coastal Bangladesh.

This research was supported by the Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) programme

Citation

Lazar, A.N et al. Agricultural livelihoods in coastal Bangladesh under climate and environmental change: a model framework. Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2015,17, 1018-1031

Agricultural livelihoods in coastal Bangladesh under climate and environmental change: a model framework

Published 1 January 2015