Md. Sujahangir Kabir Sarkar

Patuakhali Science and Technology University | PSTU · Deaprtment of Economics and Sociology

The priorities of disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) agendas both include reducing vulnerability and enhancing resilience. Thus, it is crucial to link DRR and CCA to benefit simultaneously from risk reduction and adaptation measures. The article provides conceptual frameworks that could be useful for better understand...

There is a growing relationship between social capital and disaster. This article draws conceptual framework and linkage between these two components. Social capital includes social networks and the norms of reciprocity and trustworthiness which are highly important to speed up disaster preparedness and recovery. An individual's preparedness is rec...

There is an increasing concern about the relationship between social capital and disaster in the contemporary studies of disaster management. This article examines the level of social capital and disaster preparedness of the Orang Asli (indigenous people) families and develops linkage between them. In-depth interviews were carried out by the resear...

The main purpose of this article is to shed light on the processes leading to a climate change adaptation policy by estimating the socioeconomic and motivational factors affecting farmers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for an adaptation program. This study was conducted in North-West Selangor, Malaysia to examine the WTP of farmers for climate change ad...

Studies reveal that climate change (CC) has higher negative impacts on agricultural production than positive impacts. Therefore, this article attempts to explore the impacts of CC on oil palm production in Malaysia and provides mitigation and adaptation strategies towards reducing such impacts. The multiple regression analysis is applied to assess...

Social capitals have a key role in minimizing disaster risk in families and communities. Orang Asli families have strong social bonds based on trust and mutual assistance. Social capitals such as involvement in organizations and mobility have been found to be lacking. Despite their readiness to help each other and mutual trust, there are no social...

The aim of this chapter is to explore existing literatures that have already been conducted relating to Orang Asli as well as their linguistic and cultural history. These reviews paint a vivid picture of both the lives of Orang Asli and the academic responses to the changes in their community. Our main goal is to keep an eye on how research on the...

The Orang Asli families in Malaysia were assessed as extremely poor. They found lower education level with five respondents having secondary education and three having primary education. The majority of those surveyed worked as rubber tappers. The study examined village (Kg Gumum) as a flood-prone location. Consequently, Orang Asli households have...

Orang Asli is a disaster-affected ethnic community in Malaysia who needs disaster preparedness and response for making them disaster resilient. For limiting the impacts of disaster on the Orang Asli living in Tasik Chini, some organizations including local government and non-government organizations are working for improving their livelihood and ma...

This study examines Orang Asli families’ disaster experiences, social capital and preparedness in Tasik Chini. It shows that Orang Asli families are poor and vulnerable to disasters and lag behind in terms of socio-economic development and catastrophe readiness. Several techniques can lessen this vulnerability, including social capital and disaster...

Preparedness for disasters and community capacity are critical components of lowering disaster risk at the household and community level. This study demonstrates that Orang Asli families have a low level of preparedness for disasters. They suffer from a significant lack of early readiness in terms of protective measures and resources. The vast majo...

The disaster data from 1990 to 2017 reveal an upward trend in the number of recorded catastrophes and a changing trend in the number of reported casualties. According to CRED, disasters in 2014 affected over 142 million people globally, killing thousands and causing losses of over $100 billion. Almost every country faces catastrophes and the rising...

The aim of the research is the establishment and explanation of social events and experiences. This study examines the catastrophe experiences, social capital, and disaster preparedness of Orang Asli households in Tasek Chini. This qualitative research investigates the experiences of people in their natural surroundings. A thorough interview and ob...

Orang Asli families are reported to be socio-economically vulnerable. Social capital and disaster preparedness are essential factors at the family and community level to reduce vulnerability. The study found that disasters affect Orang Asli households in both good and bad ways. They have strong social bonds with family, relatives and neighbours, mu...

To accelerate the implementation of SDGs at the national level, policymakers and practitioners are focusing on localisation, where the local government (LG) can play a critical role. This paper examines the LG’s capacity and its existing link with the implementation of SDGs at the local level in Bangladesh, and it offers an inclusive framework for...

This article analyses sustainable development goals based on selected indicators to capture the progress of SDGs among the South Asian countries. The selected indicators are used to explore countries achievements of SDGs since its adoption in 2015 and challenges of achieving specific SDG. This study adopts various methods including trend analysis,...

Para rubber feedstock production potential was explored in Hat Yai district. The study focused on the respondent’s socioeconomic status, feedstock production potential, and mapped the relevant actors along the supply chain. Structured questionnaires were administered to 117 respondents chosen through random and purposeful sampling. The descriptive...

Providing uninterrupted and reliable electricity to all at an affordable price is a major undertaking for the governments of increasingly energy-hungry countries. This study assesses the energy supply-demand gap, progress, and prospects of alternative energy sources in Bangladesh. Several methods, including descriptive, trend, and comparative analy...

Global warming is becoming increasingly evident as greenhouse gas emissions increase worldwide and affect the environment, health and economy. Many Southeast Asian countries face this reality and hence they are concerned about setting and achieving an effective emission reduction strategy. As such, this study analyzes and compares emission reductio...

This study explores disaster experiences and preparedness of the disaster affected Orang Asli families in Tasik Chini, Malaysia. Applying a qualitative research approach, this study was collected data from 10 respondents from 10 families based on convenient sampling and in-depth interview. This study utilises thematic analysis to analyse and report...

This article projects the social cost of carbon (SCC) and other related consequences of climate change by using Malaysia’s intended nationally determined contribution (INDC) and climate vision 2040 (CV2040) by 2050. It compares the projections derived from the Dynamic Integrated Model of the Climate and Economy (DICME) based on the respective INDC...

This study focuses on the relationship among the energy consumption, carbon emission and economic growth of Malaysia by using a time series data from 1980–2016. The study findings are shown by an econometric analysis that energy consumption, total and per capita CO2 emission and gross domestic product (GDP) has increased vastly between 1980 and 201...

Remittance is one of the major sources of capital especially for the developing countries like Bangladesh. This study attempts to explore the relationship between remittance and economic growth in Bangladesh. Time series data from 1995-2016 extracted from the World Bank database as well as Bangladesh Bank statistics were used to measure the relatio...

This article provides a comparative analysis of the sustainable development indicators among the Southeast Asian countries. A set of indicators are used to specify the level of sustainable development of the Southeast Asian countries based on the secondary data. A comparative analysis of the major indicators was carried out to determine the current...

Remittance is one of the major sources of capital especially for the developing countries like Bangladesh. This study attempts to explore the relationship between remittance and economic growth in Bangladesh. Time series data from 1995-2016 extracted from the World Bank database as well as Bangladesh Bank statistics were used to measure the relatio...

Remittance is one of the major sources of capital especially for the developing countries like Bangladesh. This study attempts to explore the relationship between remittance and economic growth in Bangladesh. Time series data from 1995-2016 extracted from the World Bank database as well as Bangladesh Bank statistics were used to measure the relatio...

This article presents the current trends of energy consumption and CO2 emission as well as their relationship for the five largest Asian economies i.e., People's Republic of China (China), Japan, India, Republic of Korea (South Korea) and Indonesia using the time series data from 1991 to 2014. The total energy consumption has increased by 3.62 time...

It is crucial to understand time series patterns of Malaysia's energy consumption and CO2 emissions and their relationship for implementing strategies and policies to energy security and climate change mitigation.Data from 1980 to 2011 show that all types of fuel and sectors exhibited growth in energy consumption. Major fuel energy consumed are the...

The employees working in different organizations have to deal with job stress. Private bank employees in Bangladesh are under a great deal of job stress due to many reasons. This study was designed to investigate the critical job stress factors among entry level employees of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL). A total number of 100 respondents w...

Energy consumption is increasing due to the expansion of economic activity and population size which results higher GHG emission worldwide. The study has examined the trends of energy consumption and CO2 emission in Bangladesh using the secondary data extracted from the World Development Indicators of the World Bank database. The results found that...

This article attempts to explore the socio-economic characteristics of the respondents and their knowledge and experiences of disasters and participation to disaster risk reduction (DRR) programs. Using a multi stage sampling technique, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) is selected purposively among the Malaysian universities and 130 respondents...

The university could play a vital role for the development of the surrounding contact farming community. This study attempts to assess the socio-economic improvement of the contact farmers through the activities of PSTU (Patuakhali Science and Technology University) one stop service. The study collects primary data from the selected farmers living...

The Ready Made Garment (RMG) has been placed largest export earnings of Bangladesh where 4,825 garment factories are running,employing over three million people of which 85% workers are women. RMG industry is considered as the back bone of the country's economy while it plays great role for many people socioeconomic wellbeing at the back door. This...

Sea level rise (SLR) due to global warming would severely affect the coastal areas of many countries of the world through inundation of coastal areas and islands, shoreline erosion, and destruction of important ecosystems such as wetlands and mangroves. A significant increase of sea level would hamper the economy, trade, tourism, biodiversity and l...

This article explores the livelihood vulnerability due to disaster as well as strategies for building disaster resilient livelihood. Occurrences of disasters have been increasing worldwide over time which damages resources and livelihood significantly. A study on disaster events from 1990 to 2012 revealed that 339 disasters had taken and about 240...

This article provides an overview and trends of energy demand and supply as well as GHG emissions in Malaysia. With the rapid expansion of its population and economic growth, energy demand is continuously increasing and energy consumption has been increased by 51.2% from 29,699 kilotones of oil equivalent (ktoe) in 2000 to 44,901 ktoe in 2008. In t...

The environmental changes have a great concern to the environmental scientists, businessmen, government and other organizations. This article describes the impact of environmental change on the insurance industry as it works as risk managers, risk carriers and major investors. Insurance companies are in the front line when dealing with environmenta...

The occurrence of disasters are increasing worldwide over time which significantly hampers the development activities and results to damaging resources and livelihood. Managing the risks of disasters is crucial to reduce the impact of current and future disasters. This article provides an overview of the mechanisms and responds for addressing disas...

The occurrence of disasters are increasing worldwide over time which significantly hampers the development activities and results to damaging resources and livelihood. Managing the risks of disasters is crucial to reduce the impact of current and future disasters. This article provides an overview of the mechanisms and responds for addressing disas...

As the increasing trend of consumption is putting a strain on the environment, polluting the Earth, destroying the ecosystem and undermining lifestyles, such consumption pattern is not environmentally sustainable. This paper seeks to find out key considerations and elements of a sustainable household consumption strategy for Malaysia and the existi...

A number of studies have been estimated adaptation costs of climate change for both developed and developing countries. This study critically reviews adaptation costs of climate change and made a comparison of these estimations and methods. Strategic responses and proper estimates are required to fortify the nations and community resilience to the...

Human development is one of the core considerations of a country's level of development. This study focuses on the performance of development indicators highlighting Malaysian scenario among the ASEAN and some other countries of the world. Malaysia has achieved the 61st place in the world according to the performance of human development. In the Hu...

The impacts of climate change not only affect enormous physical property and livelihood damages, but also affecting economic growth and development, human well being as well as community and nations security. Strategic responses and proper estimates are required to fortify the nations and community resilience to the implications of adverse effects...

The present study has been conducted to examine the differences in input use, costs and returns of the borrower and non-borrower rice farmers. One hundred samples from four villages under Tiishal Upazila of Mymensingh district were selected for the study. The study reveals that borrower farmers used more inputs and attained more returns through hig...

Abstract: The study was undertaken to determine the extent of economic and social loss caused by a super cyclone in some selected coastal villages. The locale of the study was five selected villages namely Niamatpur. Gamoirtala. Islampur, Majidpur and Newapara of Kalapara upazila under Paruakhali district. The sample size of the study was 78 random...

The study was undertaken to evaluate BRAC micro finance program for women empowerment. Data were collected from 80 women randomly by using interview' schedule from the two selected unions of Dumki upazilla under Patuakhali district. Women had mostly primary (32 per cent) and secondary-(28 per cent) level education. Average annual household income o...

The present study was undertaken to examine the impact ofprice hike on the consumers' livelihood. Eighty five consumers ofdifferent categories such as low income (Tk.5000), lower-middle income (Tk.5001-10000), upper-middle income (Tk.10001-15000) and high income (above Tk.1 5000) were purposively selected from Dumki Upazila under Patu?khati distric...