Neoliberalism's Impact on Climate Migration and Rapid Urbanization in Bangladesh
Poster Number
32
Session Title
Poster Session 2
College
College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Political Science
Faculty Mentor
Jennifer Disney, Ph.D.; Michael Lipscomb, Ph.D.
Abstract
The world’s current geological era, known as the Anthropocene, poses climate threats that are side effects of economic development. Paradoxically, economic growth is required for the underdeveloped world to be protected from natural disasters. The poor nations of the world bear the biggest burden of global warming due to their lack of economic stability to endure the challenges that climate change brings. As a result, the cascading threats of climate change have led vulnerable communities throughout the world to adapt in the form of migration. The data presented throughout this paper will explain how climate change is an all-encompassing phenomenon that exemplifies two of the world’s most pressing crises: climate migration and rapid urbanization. Bangladesh is home to a significant portion of the world’s most vulnerable people to climate change. Rising global temperatures existentially threaten communities and people in Bangladesh by heavily impacting the weather pattern. These unfortunate climate-induced realities push Bangladeshi people to gravitate to nearby cities that offer them a higher quality of life. However, these cities are becoming overcrowded and the waves of new people are stretching infrastructure, resources, and services to their limits, causing even more severe strains within the region. This article will explain how neoliberalism causes environmental injustice in Bangladesh as well as other poor nations of the world. Moreover, this article will entail a case study of Bangladesh, and will serve as an evaluation of how neoliberalism as an overarching system impacts climate migration and rapid urbanization within this country.
Course Assignment
PLSC 490 - Disney and Lipscomb
Type of Presentation
Poster presentation
Neoliberalism's Impact on Climate Migration and Rapid Urbanization in Bangladesh
The world’s current geological era, known as the Anthropocene, poses climate threats that are side effects of economic development. Paradoxically, economic growth is required for the underdeveloped world to be protected from natural disasters. The poor nations of the world bear the biggest burden of global warming due to their lack of economic stability to endure the challenges that climate change brings. As a result, the cascading threats of climate change have led vulnerable communities throughout the world to adapt in the form of migration. The data presented throughout this paper will explain how climate change is an all-encompassing phenomenon that exemplifies two of the world’s most pressing crises: climate migration and rapid urbanization. Bangladesh is home to a significant portion of the world’s most vulnerable people to climate change. Rising global temperatures existentially threaten communities and people in Bangladesh by heavily impacting the weather pattern. These unfortunate climate-induced realities push Bangladeshi people to gravitate to nearby cities that offer them a higher quality of life. However, these cities are becoming overcrowded and the waves of new people are stretching infrastructure, resources, and services to their limits, causing even more severe strains within the region. This article will explain how neoliberalism causes environmental injustice in Bangladesh as well as other poor nations of the world. Moreover, this article will entail a case study of Bangladesh, and will serve as an evaluation of how neoliberalism as an overarching system impacts climate migration and rapid urbanization within this country.
