Coping with crisis on the coast: The effect of community-developed coping-strategies on vulnerability in crisis-prone regions of the Ganges delta

Coastal communities are prone to crises. Repeated exposure crises constrains the ability of residents access basic needs such as health, water and food, may increase their vulnerability levels. In response, develop coping strategies depoldering (temporary breaching embankments for TRM: tidal rivers management) anti-aquaculture movements. However, existing research has not adequately explored relationship between vulnerability. Theoretical literature is characterized by ambiguity on how various geocentric anthropocentric factors affect in presence community-developed strategies. Therefore, advance theoretical knowledge this field, article first conceptualizes an integrated framework association merging approaches. It then uses mixed methods drawn from social science (surveys, semi-structured interviews), geography (spatial tools) statistics (multiple regression) data collected coastal belt Bangladesh demonstrate that have effect crisis-prone regions. The significance study it demonstrates likely be nuanced: depending a) type (food/water/health), b) strategy (TRM vs. movements). Different associated with different kinds these relationships depend local context (other variables). Community movements against aquaculture could reduce food vulnerability, whereas TRM Reduction health instead urbanization infrastructure development.