Every year, 30–70% of Bangladesh is inundated with flood waters, which combined with erosion, affect between 10 and 70 million people annually. Rural riverine communities in Bangladesh have long been identified as some of the poorest populations, most vulnerable to riverine hazards. However, these communities have, for generations, also developed resilience strategies – considered as the combination of absorptive, adaptive, and transformative approaches – to manage significant flooding and erosion. It is not clear whether such existing strategies are sufficient to generate resilience in the face of increasing hazards and growing pressures for land. In this study, we quantify community resilience to flooding and erosion of 35 of the most poverty-stricken and exposed communities in riverine Bangladesh by applying the systematic resilience measurement framework provided by the Flood Resilience Measurement for Communities tool. The low levels of resilience observed in the riverine communities, as well as their continued focus on enhancing absorptive capacities are alarming, especially in the face of growing climate threats and continued population growth. Innovative transformative responses are urgently required in riverine Bangladesh, which align with and complement ongoing community-centred efforts to enhance rural resilience to riverine hazards.

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量化孟加拉国社区对河流灾害的抵御能力

每年，孟加拉国 30% 至 70% 的地区被洪水淹没，再加上侵蚀，每年影响 10 至 7000 万人。孟加拉国的农村河流社区长期以来被认为是最贫困的人口，最容易受到河流灾害的影响。然而，这些社区几代人也制定了恢复战略——被认为是吸收性、适应性和变革性方法的结合——来管理严重的洪水和侵蚀。目前尚不清楚这些现有策略是否足以在面临日益增加的灾害和日益增加的土地压力时产生恢复力。在这项研究中，我们通过应用社区洪水复原力测量工具提供的系统复原力测量框架，量化了孟加拉国河流沿岸 35 个最贫困和最受暴露社区的洪水和侵蚀的社区复原力。沿河社区的复原力水平较低，而且他们持续关注增强吸收能力，这令人震惊，特别是在面临日益严重的气候威胁和人口持续增长的情况下。孟加拉国河流地区迫切需要采取创新的变革性应对措施，这与正在进行的以社区为中心的努力相一致并补充，以增强农村对河流灾害的抵御能力。