Saha Sebak Kumar
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh.
Disasters. 2017 Jul;41(3):505-526. doi: 10.1111/disa.12214. Epub 2016 Sep 22.
This paper investigates why households migrated as a unit to Khulna City from the affected Upazilas of Dacope and Koyra in Khulna District, Bangladesh, following Cyclone Aila on 25 May 2009. The study reveals that households migrated primarily because of the livelihood stress that resulted from the failure to derive a secure income like before the event from the impacted areas-other push and pull factors also played a part in their migration decision. Despite all of the Aila-induced losses and problems, all households wanted to avoid migration, but they were unable to do so for this principal reason. The findings also demonstrate that, if livelihoods cannot be restored, some form of widespread migration is inevitable after a disaster such as this one. In addition, they show that migration has the potential to serve as a key adaptive response to environmental events, as evidenced by the improved economic conditions of a substantial number of the migrated households.
本文探讨了2009年5月25日气旋“艾拉”过后，孟加拉国库尔纳地区受影响的达科普和科伊拉乌帕齐拉的家庭为何作为一个整体迁移至库尔纳市。研究表明，家庭迁移主要是因为生计压力，即在受影响地区无法像灾前那样获得稳定收入，其他推动和拉动因素在他们的迁移决策中也起到了一定作用。尽管“艾拉”造成了所有损失和问题，但所有家庭都想避免迁移，但由于这个主要原因，他们无法做到。研究结果还表明，如果生计无法恢复，像这样的灾难过后某种形式的大规模迁移是不可避免的。此外，研究结果显示迁移有可能成为应对环境事件的关键适应性反应，大量迁移家庭经济状况改善就证明了这一点。
