Climate Change Induced Shifting Pattern of Livelihood in the Indian Sundarbans, West Bengal, India:- An Appraisal | Chapter 9 | Surviving Sundarbans: Tragedy and Hope, Edition 1

The Sundarbans is the largest contiguous mangrove ecosystem bestowed with rich biodiversity. It is included under the Ramsar Site Convention. Sundarbans has been named because of the mangrove species Sundari plant has been abundantly found in this part of the delta. The previous study has highlighted that the Ganges River is shifting towards the east resulting in the influx of freshwater flow being reduced. There is an urgency to reach the adaptation gap which is a pressing issue today. Now, it is facing climate change issues which is inducing an economic challenge by bringing a change in livelihood for the residents of the Sundarban along with social impact like deprivation of women special mention for tribal folks. The residents have been surveyed to get a real picture of the problems of the study area. They have opined that the major causes have been sea-level rise, climate change and frequency of cyclones which are leading to alteration of the livelihood. The traditional agrarian system is shifting towards aquaculture due to the intrusion of salt water into the agricultural fields. More research is needed to understand the whole problem. At the earliest, the plantation of mangroves is the best way for the restoration of this ecosystem. It is going to act as the green shield for the river banks and save its further degradation thus restoring the ecosystem for future generations.

 

Author (s) Details

 

Debaroti Das
P.N. Das College, Palta, India.

 

Umashankar Mandal
Jangipur High School, Murshidabad, India.

 

Please see the book here:- https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/mono/978-93-48859-73-0/CH9

Determination of Residents’ Attitudes toward Supporting the Heritage Sites Using the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) in Mansoura Culture Palace, Egypt| Chapter 1 | Recent Progress in Science and Technology Vol. 4

 Improving the act of the population to support tradition sites is one of the most main contemporary issues. This research aims to find the relationships and correlations 'tween the impact of the heritage scene on the local population, participation hesitation-making, and their negative or positive stance towards the sites. Which eventually influences whether they are in favour of the tradition site's continuation, development, or demolition. For the elements of population support and the incident of the Mansoura Culture Palace site in Egypt, the study working a theoretical model. A questionnaire was attended, and structural equating modeling (SEM) had checked for the lawfulness of the relationships. The equivalence discovered between the components of the model that included ranges: (population satisfaction accompanying the way of handling heritage sites, their regional character, the involvement of community appendages in the decision-making operation, and between the two variables of the beneficial or negative attitude of the public, as well as support the heritage scene. To determine the scope to which theoretical models of calculation match accompanying field data and to reach actual development to support tradition sites through the local community, the methods had been clarified and allure statistical signs had been presented utilizing the CFA, SPSS, and AMOS software. The paper decided that the residents' support for the survival of the tradition site and allure development was positively overwhelmed by the inhabitants' positive stances toward heritage sites, and vice versa. Population vindication and sense of place had an affect both positive and negative stances, but only involvement had an affect positive sentiments. These judgments may present image of a catalyst for the sustainable growth of heritage sites.

Author(s) Details:

Ghada A. Ragheb,
Architectural Engineering Department, Pharos University in Alexandria, Egypt.

Amany Ragheb ,
Architectural Engineering Department, Delta University for Science and Technology, Gamas, Mansoura, Egypt.

Rasha El-Ashmawy,
Architectural Engineering Department, Delta University for Science and Technology, Gamas, Mansoura, Egypt.

Please see the link here: https://stm.bookpi.org/RPST-V4/article/view/9438