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• Title:
  Impact of riverbank erosion on riparian society: a micro-level study along the Ganga-Padma river in Samserganj C.D. Block of Murshidabad District, West Bengal
• Creator:
  SAHA, PALLAB;
  Sahu, Abhay Sankar
• Description:
  Th e present paper is a micro-level study aimed at analyzing the impacts of riverbank erosion on riparian society. To fulfi ll the objective, the study has been carried out from two distinctive perspectives; viz. general outlooks and specifi c inquiry. For the general outlook, the Ganga-Padma river in its lower reach downstream of Farakka Barrage in Samserganj Community Development Block has been explored in terms of channel shift ing using multi-dated satellite images. For specifi c inquiry, the eff ects of riverbank erosion on society have been studied using primary data in two selected active bank-erosion-prone cadastral units. Th e results show that recurrent bank erosion has brought a drastic change in the social fabric and caused huge losses rendering riparian inhabitants quite vulnerable, since most of the people in the study units are dependent on land-based economy and belong to poor economic groups. Th ese situations necessitate signifi cant outside assistance. However, there is a signifi cant diff erence (χ2 = 10.85 at p<0.01) in terms of assistance received during the previous year between the two selected study units.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights:
  Prawa autorskie (c) 2023 Pallab Saha, Abhay Sankar Sahu;
  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• Date:
  2023.06.06
• Type:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
• Language:
  English
• Source:
  Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series; No. 60 (2023): June; 61-79;
  Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series; Nr 60 (2023): June; 61-79;
  2083-8298;
  1732-4254
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
• Relation: https://apcz.umk.pl/BGSS/article/view/37506/35755
• Subject:
  geography, planning & development;
  riverbank erosion;
  social fabric;
  vulnerable
• Identifier: https://apcz.umk.pl/BGSS/article/view/37506
• Data provider:
  Akademicka Platforma Czasopism
• Can I use it?:
  seek permission
• Type:
  text