@article{ref1,
title="Household-level disaster-induced losses and rural-urban migration: experience from world's one of the most disaster-affected countries",
journal="Natural hazards",
year="2017",
author="Ishtiaque, Asif and Nazem, Nurul Islam",
volume="86",
number="1",
pages="315-326",
abstract="Losses due to natural disasters induce rural-urban migration throughout the world. It is also a major driver of population influx in Dhaka city, the capital of one of the most disaster-affected countries in the world, Bangladesh. While the relationship between natural disasters and migration is evident, the magnitude of household-level losses inducing rural-urban migration has not been widely discussed. This paper approaches this issue based on an empirical study. Using appropriate sampling procedure, a total of 407 households in Dhaka statistical metropolitan area were interviewed. This research finds out that 18.43% of rural-urban migrants in Dhaka city are disaster induced. A sharp drop in income immediately after the disaster is the predominant reason behind their migration. The river bank erosion-affected migrants encountered as high as 89% drop in income, whereas the flood-affected migrants experienced 70% drop. This article identifies five post-disaster components that ultimately determine migration. To conclude, the paper offers several approaches to minimize mass rural out-migration.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0921-030X",
doi="10.1007/s11069-016-2690-5",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11069-016-2690-5"
}