- Title
- Photo-Voice as Means to Experience Water Space: Exploring Traditional Water Knowledge in Khulna, Bangladesh
- Creator
- Asad, Rumana; Vaughan, Josephine; Ahmed, Iftekhar; von Meding, Jason
- Relation
- Advances in Science, Technology and Innovation
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98423-6_11
- Publisher
- Springer
- Resource Type
- book chapter
- Date
- 2022
- Description
- Traditional water knowledge can be defined as the water-related knowledge of local people, generated from the long-time experience of living with natural systems, and containing community beliefs and values—evolved and evolving by an adaptive process—and passed on through generations by social and cultural transmission. This informed understanding can contribute significantly to developing flood resilience in the built environment, yet traditional water knowledge has been addressed by very few research papers. This research identifies water-focused local knowledge in the urban fringe of Khulna city, Bangladesh, using the photo-voice method. Photo-voice is a unique and creative method to explore participant experiences, and in the context of this research, photo-voice was used to explore the relationship that local people have with their water bodies. It is a qualitative, action research approach where photographs were used to identify concerning issues and bring a better understanding for the researcher. Taking two riverbank communities of Khulna city, Bangladesh, this research identifies the relationship between local people with their water systems and generates some new thoughts and ideas for planning and design for future urbanisation in a flood adaptive way. Although the two communities shared some common themes related to potential features and degradation of water quality, these themes differed in the level of concerns over local environmental issues and sentiments with features within their locality. From a methodological perspective, photo-voice played a crucial role in capturing local people’s perspectives and this research identifies four important features from local experience and knowledge of water which can contribute to managing urban flood water and develop resilience in the local built environment.
- Subject
- photo-voice; water space; local knowledge; future urbanisation; urban flooding; traditional water knowledge; SDG 6; SDG 11; SDG 17; Sustainable Development Goals
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1475837
- Identifier
- uon:49668
- Identifier
- ISBN:9783030984229
- Language
- eng
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