Project
The Role of Floodplain Community-based Organisations in Coping with Risk
Period of research:
- Sept 2010 – August 2012
Funded by:
- The Business Growth Fund, Middlesex University, London (United Kingdom)
Objectives:
- to understand how decisions of community-based organisations working in the floodplain are influenced by perceived risks;
- to understand how and why different types of community organisations do or do not incorporate natural hazard risks and coping in their plans, decisions and activities; and
- to document, trial and assess good practices in improving organisations’ risk adaptation and coping.
Activities:
- completing formalities with government and the NGO Affairs Board, organising and training staff, preparing action plan, and conducting meetings with government officials from the Khulna-Jessore Drainage Rehabilitation Project;
- rapport building across Khulna district on risks and hazards;
- identifyingcommunity organisations and holding focus groups.
Outcomes:
- many community organisations started to work collectively action to manage their fisheries and water supplies, and made disaster management plans; they increasingly understood the benefits of working together to manage their environment.
