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Climate Change, Soil Salinity and Road Maintenance Costs in Coastal Bangladesh

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  • Susmita Dasgupta

    (World Bank, Washington DC, USA)

  • Md. Moqbul Hossain

    (Soil Research Development Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Bangladesh)

  • Mainul Huq

    (World Bank, Washington DC, USA)

  • David Wheeler

    (World Resources Institute, Washington DC, USA)

Abstract

The potentially-adverse impact of salinity on paved roads is well-established in the engineering literature. The problem seems destined to grow, as climate-related changes in sea level and riverine flows drive future increases in soil salinity. However, data scarcity has prevented systematic analysis for poor countries. This paper assesses the impact of soil salinity on road maintenance expenditures in the coastal region of Bangladesh. The assessment draws on new panel measures of salinity from 41 stations in coastal Bangladesh, and road maintenance expenditures, income, road network length and road surfaces from 20 coastal municipalities. In a model relating to maintenance expenditure for paved roads to soil salinity, municipal income and road network length, large and significant effects are found for salinity. The regression model is used to predict the effect of within-sample salinity variation on road maintenance expenditure share, holding municipal income and road length constant at sample mean values. Increasing salinity from its sample minimum to its sample maximum increases the predicted road maintenance expenditure share by 252%. The implied welfare impact may also be substantial, particularly for poor households, if diversion of expenditures to road maintenance reduces support for community sanitation, health and other infrastructure-related programs.

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  • Susmita Dasgupta & Md. Moqbul Hossain & Mainul Huq & David Wheeler, 2015. "Climate Change, Soil Salinity and Road Maintenance Costs in Coastal Bangladesh," Water Economics and Policy (WEP), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 1(03), pages 1-21.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:wepxxx:v:01:y:2015:i:03:n:s2382624x15500174
    DOI: 10.1142/S2382624X15500174
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