Livelihood and Pluvial Flood: Case of Urban Poor in Dhaka City, Bangladesh Hasina Akther and MokbulMorshed Ahmad Contents Introduction ....................................................................................... 2 Livelihood, Urban Poor, and Pluvial Flood ...................................................... 3 Livelihood and Livelihood Capitals .......................................................... 3 Urban Poor and Their Characteristics ........................................................ 5 Pluvial or Urban Flood and Its Drivers ....................................................... 6 Profile of the Urban Poor in Dhaka City ......................................................... 7 Status and Variation of Livelihoods in Normal and Stressed Situation of the Urban Poor .... . 8 Conclusion ........................................................................................ 14 References ........................................................................................ 16 Abstract Many cities in the developing world including Dhaka are currently facing pluvial flood hazards due to climate change and rapid unplanned urban growth and experiencing associated damages regularly. The urban poor are highly susceptible to pluvial flood compared to the other residents of urban area because of their vulnerable living conditions. This chapter assessed the livelihood status of the slum dwellers in a normal situation and in a pluvial flood-affected situation and also looked at the variation and the relationship between regular and stressed situations. Two urban poor settlements in Dhaka City were selected based on high urban flood frequency and intensity. It was found that pluvial floods badly affected the urban poor in terms of livelihood capitals named human, financial, physical, and social. Due to the flood, they were facing several problems like reducing food intake, health problems, leaving the house, losing the job, etc. For surviving in the vulnerable condition, they had to pay more for buying food and H. Akther (*) · M. Ahmad Development Planning Management and Innovation (DPMI), Department of Development and Sustainability (DDS), School of Environment, Resources and Development (SERD), Asian Institute of Technology, Khlong Luang, Thailand e-mail: st118708@ait.asia; morshed@ait.ac.th © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021 W. Leal Filho et al. (eds.), Handbook of Climate Change Management, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22759-3_44-1 1