TY - JOUR

T1 - Contrasting adaptation responses by squatters in low-income tenants in Khulna, Bangladesh

AU - Roy, Manoj

AU - Hulme, David

AU - Jahan, Ferdous

PY - 2013/4

Y1 - 2013/4

N2 - This paper examines patterns of adaptive behaviour in low-income settlements(1) in Khulna, Bangladesh’s third largest city. It contrasts the adaptive behaviours of “squatter” households who “own” their land with those of tenants who rent dwellings from private landlords, and finds significant differences between the adaptive behaviours of owners and renters. This is important, as most knowledge about low-income settlements in Bangladesh originates from “owned” settlements – often called “public settlements”, as the land is officially public land. But the future growth of low-income settlements in the country is likely to be increasingly on private land, with rented dwellings. Policy lessons generated from settlements with “squatters” may be inappropriate for the next generation of “slums” that will house millions of rural migrants and people displaced by climate change. The conclusions argue that agencies seeking to assist low-income households in Bangladesh will need to craft different strategies for settlements according to different types of land tenure.

AB - This paper examines patterns of adaptive behaviour in low-income settlements(1) in Khulna, Bangladesh’s third largest city. It contrasts the adaptive behaviours of “squatter” households who “own” their land with those of tenants who rent dwellings from private landlords, and finds significant differences between the adaptive behaviours of owners and renters. This is important, as most knowledge about low-income settlements in Bangladesh originates from “owned” settlements – often called “public settlements”, as the land is officially public land. But the future growth of low-income settlements in the country is likely to be increasingly on private land, with rented dwellings. Policy lessons generated from settlements with “squatters” may be inappropriate for the next generation of “slums” that will house millions of rural migrants and people displaced by climate change. The conclusions argue that agencies seeking to assist low-income households in Bangladesh will need to craft different strategies for settlements according to different types of land tenure.

KW - adaptation

KW - Bangladesh

KW - climate change

KW - Khulna

KW - land tenure

KW - urban poverty

U2 - 10.1177/0956247813477362

DO - 10.1177/0956247813477362

M3 - Journal article

VL - 25

SP - 157

EP - 176

JO - Environment and Urbanization

JF - Environment and Urbanization

SN - 1746-0301

IS - 1

ER -