Ecosystem services linked to livelihoods and well-being in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta

Adams, Helen, Adger, W. Neil and Nicholls, Robert J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9715-1109 (2018) Ecosystem services linked to livelihoods and well-being in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta. In: Ecosystem Services for Well-Being in Deltas. Springer, pp. 29-47. ISBN 9783319710921

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Abstract

Deltas are dynamic and the relationships between ecosystem services, livelihoods and well-being within them are multi-scalar and often non-linear. Social mechanisms of access and management vary between different bundles of ecosystem services: a social-ecological system approach therefore identifies the trade-offs and interactions which occur across diverse temporal and spatial scales and communities. Although Bangladesh is moving towards a more urbanised future, access to ecosystem services continues to be critical to the well-being of populations in rural areas. However, rights to those services are available to a diminishing few. Current winners and losers from development processes are persistent, and ecosystem services are unlikely to lift the rural poor out of poverty without a complete restructuring of social and economic relations in rural areas.

Item Type:	Book Section
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Collaborative Centre for Sustainable Use of the Seas
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	07 Dec 2019 02:42
Last Modified:	18 Jun 2026 22:01
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/73318
DOI:	10.1007/978-3-319-71093-8_2

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