A research team from Centre for Climate Change and Environmental Research (C3ER), BRAC University visited village Chiksa, Tahirpur Sadar union, Tahirpur Upazila in Sunamganj district to collect both qualitative and quantitative data for the project Floating Houses: Community Based Flood Resilience Innovations in Bangladesh. The fieldwork was conducted at Chiksa village of Tahirpur Upazila from December 4, 2017 to December 19, 2017. The team conducted 25 FGDs, 19 KIIs and 32 IDIs. There was a quantitative survey team collected information on socio-economic aspects, household, disaster, loss and damage, and coping strategy from 100 household head following the stratified proportionate random sampling.
Based on the KII conducted with Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) and Project Implementation Officer (PIO) on Tahirpur upazila overviewthe teamcame to know one of the most vulnerable unions of the Upazila: Tahirpur Sadar union. Then, the team conducted a KII with Tahirpur Sadar union Chairman about the vulnerabaility status along with the most vulnerable ward (Chiksa village) of the union. At the preliminary of the field visit, the team prepared transect map of the Chiksa village and collected household information along with the GPS location. Counted on the aforementioned data and information from the FGDs with the local community, the team designated wealth ranking for the convenience of the sampling strategy. Furthermore, the team collected qualitative information from community people through FGD, KII, and IDI focusing on several aspects: resource mapping, water resource mapping, wealth ranking and habitat mapping, disaster management, hazard calendar, disaster’s impact on morbidity and mortality, water supply and sanitation, damage to housing, psycho-social impact of disaster, and impact of disaster on livelihood.