CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION, DISPOSSESSION AND DISPLACEMENT (CiCADD)

Project Overview

Co-Constructing Solution Pathways with Coastal Vulnerable Groups in Africa and Asia. 

This project addresses risks to low-lying socio-ecological systems, and the communities residing in them, that might inadvertently result from climate change adaptation (CCA) strategies. In particular, we are focusing on the impacts of seawalls and /embankments on coastal fisher communities and local ecosystems in Ghana, the Philippines and the Sundarbans region along the border of Bangladesh and India. The objectives are to:

  1. Map connections between climate change adaptation (CCA), dispossession and displacement within coastal communities.
  2. Identify pathways to more inclusive CCA Because one especially vulnerable group is landless women.
  3. CCA programs contribute to gendered processes of dispossession.

Our Locations

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An aerial photograph of CDO River Boulevard by Project Lupad. It shows the dike, which also serves as a boulevard running parallel to the CDO River, with a visible floodwall on the other side.
The J.R Borja Bridge traversing the CDO river, attached to the Dike that also serves as a boulevard on the left side of the photo.
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Since the late 18th century, over 3,500 km of embankments have been built for flood protection. Storylines around concrete embankment construction, collapse and breaching are complex, entailing the excesses of ‘colonial hydrology’, contemporary politics, and socio-demographic choices. Embankments have generated unintended consequences for both ecosystems, including social livelihoods, in the delta.