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Volume : II, Issue : IX, October - 2012 An Areal Variation Of Fluvial Hazard Perceptions Of Various Social Groups- A Perspective From Rural West Bengal, India Aznarul Islam , Nilkamal Laskar , Prasenjit Ghosh Published By : Laxmi Book Publication Abstract : Rukunpur and Udhamdanga villages of Nadia district, West Bengal, India are
lying within the lower reach of the River Bhagirathi which are conspicuous by the
presence of flood and river bank erosion-the two most important fluvial hazards in the
Gangetic Delta. In this paper, it has been intended to show the extent of river bank
oscillation and flooding upon the socio-psychic components of the inhabitants of the
villages. The field study shows that those who have landed property mainly agricultural
lands are more threatened by the bank erosion than by the floods but the situation is
reverse in case of the landless labour. Keywords : Article : Cite This Article : Aznarul Islam , Nilkamal Laskar , Prasenjit Ghosh, (2012). An Areal Variation Of Fluvial Hazard Perceptions Of Various Social Groups- A Perspective From Rural West Bengal, India. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. II, Issue. IX, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/1522.pdf References : - Bandyopadyay, S. (2007). Riverbank and Coastal Erosion Hazards: Mechanisms and Mapping in Basu, R. and Bhaduri, S.: Contemporary Issues and Techniques in Geography (pp.36-72), Kolkata: Progressive Publishers.
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