Ecosystem services linked to livelihoods and well-being in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta
Ecosystem services linked to livelihoods and well-being in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta
Deltas are dynamic and the relationships between ecosystem services, livelihoods and well-being within them are multi-scalar and often non-linear. Social mechanisms of access and management vary between different bundles of ecosystem services: a social-ecological system approach therefore identifies the trade-offs and interactions which occur across diverse temporal and spatial scales and communities. Although Bangladesh is moving towards a more urbanised future, access to ecosystem services continues to be critical to the well-being of populations in rural areas. However, rights to those services are available to a diminishing few. Current winners and losers from development processes are persistent, and ecosystem services are unlikely to lift the rural poor out of poverty without a complete restructuring of social and economic relations in rural areas.
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Adams, Helen
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Neil Adger, W.
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Nicholls, Robert J.
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30 May 2018
Adams, Helen
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Neil Adger, W.
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Nicholls, Robert J.
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Adams, Helen, Neil Adger, W. and Nicholls, Robert J.
(2018)
Ecosystem services linked to livelihoods and well-being in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta.
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Nicholls, Robert J., Hutton, Craig W., Adger, W. Neil, Hanson, Susan E., Rahman, Md. Munsur and Salehin, Mashfiqus
(eds.)
Ecosystem Services for Well-Being in Deltas: Integrated Assessment for Policy Analysis.
Palgrave Macmillan Cham, .
(doi:10.1007/978-3-319-71093-8_2).
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Abstract
Deltas are dynamic and the relationships between ecosystem services, livelihoods and well-being within them are multi-scalar and often non-linear. Social mechanisms of access and management vary between different bundles of ecosystem services: a social-ecological system approach therefore identifies the trade-offs and interactions which occur across diverse temporal and spatial scales and communities. Although Bangladesh is moving towards a more urbanised future, access to ecosystem services continues to be critical to the well-being of populations in rural areas. However, rights to those services are available to a diminishing few. Current winners and losers from development processes are persistent, and ecosystem services are unlikely to lift the rural poor out of poverty without a complete restructuring of social and economic relations in rural areas.
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Helen Adams
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W. Neil Adger
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Robert J. Nicholls
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Craig W. Hutton
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W. Neil Adger
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Susan E. Hanson
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Md. Munsur Rahman
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Mashfiqus Salehin
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