Energy Utilization Strategies for Transportation and Commercial Activities in the Precarious Habitat: A Case of Disaster-Affected Communities in Charland Bangladesh

The present paper is wedded to focus on the energy utilization strategies for transportation and commercial activities of disaster-affected communities in precarious Padma riverine habitats of charland Bangladesh. The highly uncertain natural disaster-induced energy utilization strategies and sustainable development in two charland communities are focused here. In the lack of clean and renewable energy consumption services, the disaster-affected charland communities are forced to be dependent on the traditional energy uses in their transportation and commercial activities. The SDG goal of affordable and clean energy is found mostly questionable in this unstable ecological reality of the charland communities as they have no access to environmentally compatible and sustainable energy systems. These adversities of charland livelihood regularly create hindrances and challenges to sustainable development in case of energy use. Direct interviewing with the purposively chosen displacee char-dwellers of two study villages, focus group discussions (FGDs), case studies, and informal interviews with some relevant stakeholders are adopted for empirical data collection. Both the qualitative and quantitative data and their relevant measurement and interpretation of the social reality of two study charland communities are considered for finalizing the findings of this study. A number of suggestive policy measures based on empirical findings for ensuring energy consumption are embedded in the final job of this study.