Have a personal or library account? Click to login
Underlying causes and the impacts of disaster events (floods) on fertility decision in rural Bangladesh Cover

Underlying causes and the impacts of disaster events (floods) on fertility decision in rural Bangladesh

Open Access
|Sep 2018

References

  1. Adger W.N., Arnell N.W., Tompkins E.L. 2005. Successful adaptation to climate change across scale. Global Environmental Change, 15: 77–86.10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2004.12.005
  2. Agrawala S., Ota T., Uddin A.A., Smith J., Maarten van A. 2003. Development and Climate Change in Bangladesh: Focus on Coastal Flooding and the Sunderbans. Copyright@ OECD, Paris.
  3. Ahmed S., Sobhan F., Islam A., Barkat-e-Khuda. 2001. Neonatal morbidity and Care-seeking behavior in rural Bangladesh. Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, 47: 98–105.10.1093/tropej/47.2.98
  4. Anderson B.A., Romani J.H., Phillips H., Wentzel M., Tlabela K. 2007. Exploring environmental perceptions, behaviors and awareness: water and water pollution in South Africa. Population and Environment, 28, 3: 133–161.10.1007/s11111-007-0038-5
  5. An Li., Liu J. 2010. Long-term effects of family planning and other determinants of fertility on population and environment: agent-based modeling evidence from Wolong Nature Reserve, China. Population and Environment, 31, 6: 427–459.10.1007/s11111-010-0111-3
  6. Axinn W.G., Barber J.S. 2005. Environmental effects on family size preferences and subsequent reproductive behavior in Nepal. Population and Environment, 26, 3: 583–621.
  7. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS). 2001. http://www.bbs.gov.bd/home.aspx
  8. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS). 2007. http://www.bbs.gov.bd/home.aspx
  9. Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS). 2014. https://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR311/FR311.pdf
  10. Barkat-eKhuda., Hossain M.B. 1996. Fertility decline in Bangladesh: towards an understanding of major causes. Health Transition Review, 6: 155–167.
  11. Becker G.S. 1981. A Treatise on the Family. Harvard University Press, Cambridge.
  12. Belt D. 2011. The Coming Storm: The people of Bangladesh have much to teach us about how a crowded planet can best adapt to rising sea levels. For them, that future is now. National Geographic. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/05/bangladesh/belt-text
  13. Biddlecom A.E., Axinn W., Barber J.S. 2005. Environmental effects on family size preferences and subsequent reproductive behavior in Nepal. Population and Environment, 26, 3: 583–621.10.1007/s11111-005-1874-9
  14. Bongaarts J. 1994. Population policy options in the developing world. Science, 263(5148): 771–776.10.1126/science.83032938303293
  15. Bord R., Fisher A., O’connor R. 1998. Public perceptions of global warming: United States and international perspectives. Climate Research, 11: 75–84.10.3354/cr011075
  16. Cain M. 1978. The household life cycle and economic mobility in rural Bangladesh. Population and Development Review, 4, 3: 421–438.10.2307/1972858
  17. Cain M. 1983. Fertility as an adjustment to risk. Population and Development Review, 9, 4: 688–702.10.2307/1973546
  18. Carr D., Khan M. 2004. The unfinished agenda: meeting the need for family planning in less developed countries. Population Reference Bureau, Washington, DC.
  19. Chowdhury D., Harvey S.M. 1994. The male role in contraceptive continuation among urban women in Bangladesh. Paper presented at the 122nd annual meeting of the American Public Health Association. Washington, DC: 30 October-3 November.
  20. Cohan C.L., Cole S.W. 2002. Life course transitions and natural disaster: marriage, birth, and divorce following Hurricane Hugo. Journal of Family Psychology, 16, 1: 14–25.10.1037/0893-3200.16.1.14
  21. Curtis K.J., Schneider A. 2011. Understanding the demographic implications of climate change: estimates of localized population predictions under future scenarios of sea-level rise. Population and Environment, 33, 1: 28–54.10.1007/s11111-011-0136-2
  22. Cleland J., Phillips I.F., Amin S., Kamal G.M. 1994. The Determinants of Reproductive Change in Bangladesh: Success in a Challenging Environment. The World Bank, Washington, D.C.
  23. Daniere A.G., Takahashi L.M. 1999. Environmental behavior in Bangkok, Thailand: A portrait of attitudes, values, and behaviors. Economic Development and Cultural Change, 47, 3: 525–557.10.1086/452418
  24. Davis J. 2017. Fertility after natural disaster: Hurricane Mitch in Nicaragua. Population and Environment, 38, 4: 448–464.10.1007/s11111-017-0271-5
  25. Dasgupta P., Mäler K.G. 1995. Poverty, institutions, and the environmental resource-base. [in:] J. Behrman, T.N. Srinivasan (eds.) Handbook of Development Economics. Vol. IIIA. Elsevier, Amsterdam: 2371–2463.10.1016/S1573-4471(05)80011-7
  26. Dasgupta P. 1998. The economics of poverty in poor countries. Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 100, 1: 41–68.10.1111/1467-9442.00089
  27. Evans R.W., Hu Y., Zhao Z. 2010. The fertility effect of catastrophe: US hurricane births. Journal of Population Economics, 23, 1: 1–36.10.1007/s00148-008-0219-2
  28. Filmer D., Pritchett L.H. 2002. Environmental degradation and the demand for children: searching for the vicious circle in Pakistan. Environment and Development Economics, 7: 123–146.10.1017/S1355770X02000074
  29. Finlay E.J. 2009. Fertility response to natural disasters: The case of three high mortality earthquakes. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper, 4883.10.1596/1813-9450-4883
  30. Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC). 2012. Bangladesh. Retrieved at http://www.ffwc.gov.bd/
  31. Foster A.D., Rosenzweig, M.R. (2003). Economic growth and the rise of forests. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 118, 2: 601–637.10.1162/003355303321675464
  32. Gayen K. 2002. An Evaluation of Demographic Forecasting and the Development of a Robust Method. PhD Thesis, Napier University, Edinburgh.
  33. Ghimire D.J., Mohai, P. 2005. Environmentalism and contraceptive use: How people in less developed settings approach environmental issues. Population and Environment, 27, 1: 29–61.10.1007/s11111-005-0012-z
  34. Gorney C. 2011. Too young to wed: The secret world of child brides. National Geographic. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2011/06/child-brides/
  35. Haq S.M.A. 2013. Nexus between perception, environment and fertility: A study on indigenous people in Bangladesh. Sustainable Development, 21, 6: 372–384.10.1002/sd.515
  36. Haq S.M.A., Ahmed K.J. 2017. Does the perception of climate change vary with the sociodemographic dimensions? A study on vulnerable populations in Bangladesh. Natural Hazards, 85, 3: 1759–1785.10.1007/s11069-016-2664-7
  37. Hossain Mian B., Phillips J.F., Khorshed A.B.M., Mozumder A. 2007. The effect of husbands’ fertility preferences on couples’ reproductive behavior in rural Bangladesh. Journal of Biosocial Science, 39, 4: 745–757.10.1017/S0021932006001696
  38. Hossain M., Mani K.K.C., Sidik S.M., Hayati K.S., Rahman A.K.M.F. 2015. Socio-demographic, environmental and caring risk factors for childhood drowning deaths in Bangladesh. BioMed Pediatrics, 15: 114.10.1186/s12887-015-0431-7
  39. Hossain M., Islam R. 2013. Effects of socio-economic and demographic variables on age at first marriage in Bangladesh. Current Research Journal of Biological Sciences, 5, 4: 149–152.10.19026/crjbs.5.5480
  40. Hosseini Chavoshi M., Abbasi-Shavazi M. 2015. Demographic consequences of the 2003 Bam Earthquake in Iran. [in:] H. James, D. Paton (eds.) The consequences of disasters: demographic, planning, and policy implications. Charles C Thomas Publisher, Springfield, Il.
  41. Hummel D., Adamo S., Sherbinin A., Murphy L., Aggarwal R., Zulu L., Liu J., Knight K. 2013. Inter-and transdisciplinary approaches to population – environment research for sustainability aims: a review and appraisal. Population and Environment, 34, 4: 481–509.10.1007/s11111-012-0176-2
  42. Huq S., Ali S.I., Rahman A.A. 1995. Sea-level rise and Bangladesh: A preliminary analysis. Journal of Coastal Research, 14: 44–53.
  43. Islam M.M., Islam M.K., Hasan M.S., Haque M.A. 2016. Marriage before 16 or 18 years: the effect of marital age on women’s educational attainment in Bangladesh. Journal of Population and Social Studies, 24, 1: 117–132.
  44. Jiang L., Hardee K. 2011. How do recent population trends matter to climate change? Population Research and Policy Review, 30, 2: 287–312.10.1007/s11113-010-9189-7
  45. Kabir A., Jahan R., Islam M.S., Ali R. 2001. The effect of child mortality on fertility. The Sciences, 1, 6: 377–380.10.3923/jms.2001.377.380
  46. Kreft S., Eckstein D., Junghans L., Kerestan C., Hagen U. 2014. Global Climate Risk Index 2015: Who Suffers Most From Extreme Weather Events? Weather-related Loss Events in 2013 and 1994 to 2013. A briefing paper. Germanwatch, Bonn.
  47. Klein R.J.T., Eriksen S.E.H., Næss L.O., Hammill A., Tanner T.M., Robledo C., O’Brien K.L. 2007. Portfolio screening to support the mainstreaming of adaptation to climate change into development assistance. Climatic Change, 84, 1: 23–44.10.1007/s10584-007-9268-x
  48. Lin C.Y.C. 2010. Instability, investment, disasters, and demography: natural disasters and fertility in Italy (1820–1962) and Japan (1671–1965). Population and Environment, 31, 4: 255–281.10.1007/s11111-010-0103-3
  49. Loughran D., Pritchett L. 1997. Environmental scarcity, resource collection, and the demand for children in Nepal. World Bank, Washington, DC.
  50. Lutz W., Scherbov S. 1999. Quantifying Vicious Circle Dynamics: The PEDA Model for Population, Environment, Development and Agriculture in African Countries. IIASA Interim Report IR-99-049, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg.10.1007/978-3-642-57684-3_26
  51. Lutz W., Testa M.R., Penn D.J. 2006. Population density is a key factor in declining human fertility. Population and Environment, 28, 2: 69–81.10.1007/s11111-007-0037-6
  52. Mustelin J., Klein R.J., Assaid B., Sitari T., Khamis M., Haji A.M.T. 2010. Understanding current and future vulnerability in coastal settings: community perceptions and preferences for adaptation in Zanzibar, Tanzania. Population and Environment, 31, 5: 371–398.10.1007/s11111-010-0107-z
  53. O’Neill B. C., MacKellar F.L., Lutz W. 2001. Population and climate Change. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
  54. Olsson L., Opondo M., Tschakert P., Agrawal A., Eriksen S.H., Ma S., Perch L.N. Zakieldeen S.A. 2014. Livelihoods and poverty. Available at http://ipcc-wg2.gov/AR5/images/uploads/WGIIAR5-Chap13_FINAL.pdf
  55. Parsons J., Edmeades J., Kes A., Petroni S., Sexton M., Wodon Q. 2015. Economic impacts of child marriage: a review of the literature. The Review of Faith International Affairs, 13, 3: 12–22.10.1080/15570274.2015.1075757
  56. Pebley A.R. 1998. Demography and the Environment. Demography, 35, 4: 377–389.10.2307/3004008
  57. Planning Commission, Bangladesh. 2009. Retrieve at http://www.plancomm.gov.bd/library_dtls.asp?LibID=11
  58. PDO-ICZMP. 2003. Delineation of the coastal zone of Bangladesh. Program Development Office for Integrated Coastal Zone Management Plan Project. Working paper WP005. Water Resources Planning Organization; Ministry of Water Resources. Dhaka.
  59. Pritchett L.H. 1994. Desired fertility and the impact of population policies. Population and Development Review, 20, 1: 1–54.10.2307/2137629
  60. Rad S., Ates H.C., Delioğlan S., Polatöz S., Özçömlekçi G. 2012. Participation of rural women in sustainable development – demographical and socio-economic determinants. Sustainable Development, 20, 2: 71–84.10.1002/sd.451
  61. Rahman M., Julie D. 1993. Gender preference and birth spacing in Matlab, Bangladesh. Demography, 30, 3: 315–332.10.2307/2061643
  62. Rahman S. 2003. Environmental impacts of modern agricultural technology diffusion in Bangladesh: an analysis of farmers’ perceptions and their determinants. Journal of Environmental Management, 68, 2: 183–191.10.1016/S0301-4797(03)00066-5
  63. Rosero-Bixby L., Palloni A. 1998. Population and deforestation in Costa Rica. Population and Environment, 20, 2: 149–178.10.1023/A:1023319327838
  64. Schultz J., Elliott J.R. 2013. Natural disasters and local demographic change in the United States. Population and Environment, 34, 3: 293–312.10.1007/s11111-012-0171-7
  65. Shahid S. 2012. Vulnerability of the power sector of Bangladesh to climate change and extreme weather events. Regional Environmental Change, 12, 3: 595–606.10.1007/s10113-011-0276-z
  66. Shahid S., Khairulmaini O.S. 2009. Spatio-temporal variability of rainfall over Bangladesh during the time period 1969-2003. Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Science, 45, 3: 375–389.
  67. Sasson I., Weinreb A. 2017. Land cover change and fertility in West-Central Africa: rural livelihoods and the vicious circle model. Population and Environment, 38, 4: 345–368.10.1007/s11111-017-0279-x
  68. Shahid S., Harun S.B., Katimon A. 2012. Changes in diurnal temperature range in Bangladesh during the time period 1961–2008. Atmospheric Research, 118: 260–270.10.1016/j.atmosres.2012.07.008
  69. Sahu B., van Wissen L.J.G., Hutter I., Bosch A. 2012. Fertility Differentials among Religious Minorities: Cross-national and Regional Evidence from India and Bangladesh. Population Space and Place, 18, 5: 503–515.10.1002/psp.701
  70. Smit B., Wandel J. 2006. Adaptation, adaptive capacity and vulnerability. Global Environmental Change, 16, 3: 282–292.10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2006.03.008
  71. Sonali Sylhet. http://www.sonalisylhet.com/jamalganj.php
  72. Streatfield P.K., Kamal N., Ahsan K.Z., Nahar Q. 2015. Early marriage in Bangladesh. Asian Population Studies, 11, 1: 94–110.10.1080/17441730.2015.1012785
  73. Tatlidil F.F., Ismet B., Tatlidil H. 2009. Farmers’ perception of sustainable agriculture and its determinants: a case study in Kahramanmaras province of Turkey. Environment Development Sustainability, 11, 6: 1091–1106.10.1007/s10668-008-9168-x
  74. Wei Y.P., Chen D., White R.E., Willett I.R., Edis R., Langford J. 2009. Farmers’ perception of environmental degradation and their adoption of improved management practices in ALXA, CHINA. Land Degradation and Development, 20, 3: 336–346.10.1002/ldr.922
  75. Xiao C., Hong D. 2010. Gender differences in environmental behaviors in China. Population and Environment, 32, 1: 88–104.10.1007/s11111-010-0115-z
Language: English
Page range: 24 - 35
Submitted on: Aug 30, 2017
Accepted on: Jul 25, 2018
Published on: Sep 1, 2018
Published by: University of Silesia in Katowice, Faculty of Natural Sciences
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2018 Shah Md. Atiqul Haq, published by University of Silesia in Katowice, Faculty of Natural Sciences
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.