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EXPLORING THE NEXUS BETWEEN THE RIVER PADMA AND ITS BANK DWELLERS ALONG RAJSHAHI CITY

By: Rumana Sultana, Md. Shafiul Alam, Md. Abu Hanif Shaikh

Key Words: Sustainability, River-man relationship, The Padma river, River bank dwellers, Rajshahi city

JLES-Vol-12-No-P-39-50, December 2017

Abstract

Bangladesh is predominantly a riverine country which is located in a large floodplain delta complex of three mega rivers including Padma and their tributaries and distributaries. River water is one of the most valuable resources for the survival of human being and functioning of natural environment. Its quantitative and qualitative statuses play a crucial role in people’s socio-economic condition. Utilization of river water for economic development may results in significant threat to water resources, if there is no control over the extraction of the resources. Major objective of this study is to explore the nexus between the river Padma and its bank dwellers. This study was conducted on the Padma river bank area of Rajshahi city. In this study 99 questionnaire survey and three Focus group discussion were conducted. Descriptive and analytical statistics were applied to explore sustainability of river-man relationship. The river Padma is significant to bank dwellers for fishing, bathing, irrigation, washing, household activities, recreation and earning livelihood. River bank dwellers occupation represented significant relationship with the utilization of the river Padma for earning livelihood, fishing, business, laboring, dredging sand. River bank dwellers educational status had a significant relationship with the utilization of the river Padma for recreational purposes. In the study area human interference is a great problem, which is closely associated with various socio-economic and environmental issues of the river basin. It posed negative impacts on human and physical environment. Negative impacts include aridity, drastic loss of biodiversity, embankment erosion, flow modification, untimely flooding, agricultural encroachment, income shocks. In this study a three step approach (individual level, community level and national level) was introduced to attain a sustainable man-river relationship. Individual step includes coping strategies and learning sustainability. On the other hand, Community steps include protection from pollution, raising awareness, conservation of species and controlling sand dredging. Similarly, national step includes proper construction of flood control structures, conservation of biodiversity and river ecosystem, cooperation with India for Farakka Barrage, and physical resource management.

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Rumana Sultana, Md. Shafiul Alam, Md. Abu Hanif Shaikh

EXPLORING THE NEXUS BETWEEN THE RIVER PADMA AND ITS BANK DWELLERS ALONG RAJSHAHI CITY

JLES-Vol-12-No-P-39-50, December 2017

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