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ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF SEAWATER INTRUSION ON LIFE OF COASTAL COMMUNITIES IN SINDH REGION OF PAKISTAN

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-I).45      10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-I).45      Published : Mar 2021

Economic Effects of Seawater Intrusion on Life of Coastal Communities in Sindh Region of Pakistan

Abstract

    Recently rising sea levels and a decrease of Indus water into the delta have resulted in high seawater intrusion at the coastal shores of Sindh. Seawater intrusion has severely affected the livelihood sources of local people. Therefore, this study is conducted with an aim to measure the economic effects of seawater intrusion on the lives of the local population in the deltaic coasts of the Sindh region in Pakistan. This is a quantitative study conducted through a survey questionnaire in the coastal belt of Badin and Thatta districts of Sindh province, Pakistan. A total of 200 participants were recruited in the study through multistage sampling. Results show a significant impact of seawater intrusion on the economic conditions of coastal communities in the province of Sindh, Pakistan. Adverse effects of seawater intrusion can be seen in the shape of a decrease in cultivated land, low agricultural production, decreasing livestock production and fishing quantity.

    (1) Shoaib Ahmed Jagirani
    MS Scholar (Social Sciences), Sindh Madressatul Islam University (SMIU), Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
    (2) Subhash Guriro
    Associate Professor, Department of Social Development, Sindh Madressatul Islam University (SMIU), Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
    (3) Muhammad Kamil Lakho
    Lecturer, Department of Social Development, Sindh Madressatul Islam University (SMIU), Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
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    APA : Jagirani, S. A., Guriro, S., & Lakho, M. K. (2021). Economic Effects of Seawater Intrusion on Life of Coastal Communities in Sindh Region of Pakistan. Global Social Sciences Review, VI(I), 446-454. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-I).45

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    CHICAGO : Jagirani, Shoaib Ahmed, Subhash Guriro, and Muhammad Kamil Lakho. 2021. "Economic Effects of Seawater Intrusion on Life of Coastal Communities in Sindh Region of Pakistan." Global Social Sciences Review, VI (I): 446-454 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-I).45

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    HARVARD : JAGIRANI, S. A., GURIRO, S. & LAKHO, M. K. 2021. Economic Effects of Seawater Intrusion on Life of Coastal Communities in Sindh Region of Pakistan. Global Social Sciences Review, VI, 446-454.

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    MHRA : Jagirani, Shoaib Ahmed, Subhash Guriro, and Muhammad Kamil Lakho. 2021. "Economic Effects of Seawater Intrusion on Life of Coastal Communities in Sindh Region of Pakistan." Global Social Sciences Review, VI: 446-454

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    MLA : Jagirani, Shoaib Ahmed, Subhash Guriro, and Muhammad Kamil Lakho. "Economic Effects of Seawater Intrusion on Life of Coastal Communities in Sindh Region of Pakistan." Global Social Sciences Review, VI.I (2021): 446-454 Print.

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    OXFORD : Jagirani, Shoaib Ahmed, Guriro, Subhash, and Lakho, Muhammad Kamil (2021), "Economic Effects of Seawater Intrusion on Life of Coastal Communities in Sindh Region of Pakistan", Global Social Sciences Review, VI (I), 446-454

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    TURABIAN : Jagirani, Shoaib Ahmed, Subhash Guriro, and Muhammad Kamil Lakho. "Economic Effects of Seawater Intrusion on Life of Coastal Communities in Sindh Region of Pakistan." Global Social Sciences Review VI, no. I (2021): 446-454. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-I).45