Assessing poverty and livelihood vulnerability of the fishing communities in the context of pollution of the Churni River, India

• Published in: Environmental science and pollution research international Vol. 29; no. 18; pp. 26575 - 26598
• Main Authors: Sarkar, Biplab, Islam, Aznarul
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.04.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Ammonia; Animals; Aquatic Pollution; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; Biochemical oxygen demand; Commercial fishing; Dissolved oxygen; Earth and Environmental Science; ecology; Ecotoxicology; Entropy; Environment; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Health; Environmental science; Fish; Fishing; Fishing communities; Fragility; Hunting; India; Industrial pollution; Industrial water; Livelihood; nitrates; phosphates; Pollution control; Poverty; Regional planning; regression analysis; Regression models; Research Article; riparian areas; Rivers; Species; Waste Water Technology; Water Management; Water Pollution; Water Pollution Control; wetlands; India; Coping strategy; Churni River; Water pollution; Livelihood vulnerability index; Logistic regression model; Fishing economy

The present study exhibits a critical outlook on the poverty and livelihood vulnerability of the fisherman community in the context of persistent water pollution of the Churni River. The logistic regression model has identified eight factors influencing the poverty of the study area while the entrop...