Living with Water: Adaptation in the Bengal Delta
Routledge (demo) · 2021 · 312 pp. A synthesis of two decades of field research in coastal Bangladesh.
Research &publications
Research themes, selected publications, policy reports and open data, free for teaching and non-commercial research.
86Journal articlesPeer-reviewed
22Book chaptersIn edited volumes
4BooksMonographs, edited, textbook
14Policy reportsFor governments and alliances
Research themes
Four connected lines of inquiry
How communities understand, govern and adapt to environmental change.
Folk knowledge & adaptation
How oral traditions, local ecological knowledge and community institutions shape adaptation to floods, cyclones and salinity in low-lying deltas.
Community water governance
Participation, power and performance in water user associations, irrigation schemes and village water committees.
Livelihoods & migration
Climate-related mobility, remittances and livelihood diversification in rural and peri-urban South Asia.
Higher-education quality
Research integrity, supervision practice and quality assurance in Asian universities.
Journal articles
Selected articles
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- 2026
Flood exposure and the geography of climate migration in South Asian deltas.
Rahman, H., Karim, S., & Lee, J. · Nature Climate Change, 16(5), 412–420
- 2025
Locally-led adaptation finance: evidence from 60 coastal unions.
Rahman, H., & Akter, N. · World Development, 184, 106712
- 2024
Salinity intrusion and the future of rice–shrimp systems.
Hossain, M., Rahman, H., & Smith, R. · Global Environmental Change, 84, 102801
- 2023
Water user associations revisited: power, participation and performance.
Rahman, H. · Water Alternatives, 16(2), 233–256
- 2022
Early warning, late action? Cyclone preparedness in the Bay of Bengal.
Chowdhury, T., Rahman, H., et al. · International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 79, 103145
- 2020
Co-producing adaptation knowledge with smallholders.
Rahman, H., & Van der Berg, P. · Climate and Development, 12(8), 701–714
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Books & chapters
Books
Governing the Commons in South Asia
Springer (demo) · 2017 · with P. Van der Berg. Fourteen case studies of community resource governance.
Research Methods for Social Development Practitioners
University Press (demo) · 2014 · 2nd edition 2022. Widely used graduate text across the region.
Book chapters
- 2023Chapter
Adaptation Finance at the Local Level
In Handbook of Climate Finance, Edward Elgar (demo)
- 2020Chapter
Salinity, Shrimp and Social Change
In Deltas in the Anthropocene, Palgrave (demo)
- 2016Chapter
Participatory Mapping for Flood Risk
In Community-Based Adaptation, Earthscan (demo)
Policy
Policy reports & papers
Briefs and reports prepared for governments, alliances and regional bodies.
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Delta Adaptation Outlook 2025Annual flagship report · Green Delta Institute · 782 B
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Preprint: Flood Exposure and Climate MigrationAccepted manuscript · 2026 · 799 B
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National Adaptation Plan: Water Sector Background PaperMinistry of Environment · 2022 · 808 B
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Evidence Synthesis on Mangrove RestorationCoastal Resilience Alliance · 2021 · 795 B
Open data
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