C.E. Haque Department of Applied Geography Ryerson Polytechnical Institute 350 Victoria Street Toronto, Ontario Canada M5B 2K3 M.Q. Zaman Department of Anthropology The University of Lethbridge Lethbridge, Alberta Canada T1K 3M4.
Disasters. 1989 Dec;13(4):300-14. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-7717.1989.tb00724.x.
As a deltaic plain, Bangladesh annually experiences riverbank erosion hazard due to sudden and rapid channel shifting, particularly in the major floodplain areas of the country. Consequently, valuable cultivable land is lost; also village settlements, markets and towns are destroyed, displacing tens of thousands of people. This paper examines the magnitude of river channel migration and encroachment on land, and the nature of human adjustment systems in the Brahmaputra-Jamuna floodplain, by investigating aspects of the social and cultural dynamics of resettlement of the displaced people. Some policy measures are recommended to improve the ability of the people in the floodplain to cope with these hazards.
作为一个三角洲平原，孟加拉国每年都会因河道的突然和快速移动而遭受河岸侵蚀的威胁，尤其是在该国主要的洪泛区。因此，大量可耕种的土地流失；此外，村庄住区、市场和城镇被摧毁，数以万计的人被迫背井离乡。本文通过调查流离失所者重新安置的社会和文化动态的各个方面，研究了布拉马普特拉-雅鲁藏布江洪泛区河道迁移和侵占土地的程度，以及人类适应系统的性质。本文还提出了一些政策措施，以提高洪泛区人民应对这些灾害的能力。
