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Table 3 Components of adaptation barriers to climate change resilience

From: Social vulnerability, impacts and adaptations strategies in the face of natural hazards: insight from riverine islands of Bangladesh

Obstacles

Level of seriousness

Rank

Less Serious

Moderately serious

Very serious

Low level of education

13.33

35.56

51.11

4

Deficient information on climate change

24.44

52.22

23.33

8

Low level of technology

-

57.78

42.22

5

Use of the traditional farming system

21.11

58.89

20.00

9

Lack of assets access

23.33

35.56

41.11

6

Paucity of money

-

21.11

78.89

2

Poor infrastructure

-

41.11

58.89

3

Lack of proper government support

-

16.67

83.33

1

Absence of the proper sense of responsibility to coordinate or act on adaptation practices

34.44

36.67

28.89

7

  1. Source: Field survey; Multiple responses were considered. Rank has been calculated based on very serious scale