Involvement of Stakeholders in Decision Making for Coastal Zone Management of Bangladesh: Focusing on Adaptation to Climate Change

摘要: dc. description. abstract" The improvement of people’s livelihoods of the coastal zone of Bangladesh largely depends on the climate adaptation approaches adopted in their everyday practice. Even though there has been progress in studies of climate change impacts and adaptations, leading to an increased recognition of the need for programmes and policies to implement and facilitate the adaptation action plans, to date there are still few practical on-the-ground examples of planned adaptation activities to climate change that reduce people’s vulnerabilities. Therefore the aim of this paper is to understand how different stakeholders make decisions about adaptation and coastal management. A comparative study is conducted between a coastal island and a coastal estuarine district by analysing adaptive approaches through different variables and examining decision making processes in different scales (national, district, local). Operating a ‘sustainability decision support system’on both a vertical and horizontal scales of Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) can help to overcome the institutional gaps by focusing on risks related to climate change. Considering the barriers to adoption and effective implementation of the system, it is hoped that these case studies will evaluate the successes and failings of the system, and its relevance for similar regions in other developing countries of the world." en_US