| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 234 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Impacts on air temperature, precipitation, and sea level rise -- Impacts on tropical cyclones and coping strategies -- Impacts on floods and coping strategies -- Impacts on droughts and coping strategies -- Climate change victims and climate justice -- Climate refugees -- Confronting climate change through disaster management initiatives -- Confronting sea level rise through adaptation -- Summary and conclusion |
| Summary |
This book provides an essential interdisciplinary text on climate change and sea level rise in Bangladesh for undergraduate and graduate students of geography, environmental studies, sociology, anthropology, political science and others. Furthermore, it is an invaluable resource for managers and planners of the government of Bangladesh and several international agencies, including the United Nations, UNDP, UNEP, ADB, who are involved in climate change mitigation and adaptation |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-225) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Climate change mitigation -- Bangladesh
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Climatic changes -- Bangladesh
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Sea level -- Bangladesh
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Climate change mitigation
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Climatic changes
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Climatology
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Sea level
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| SUBJECT |
Bangladesh -- Climate
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| Subject |
Bangladesh
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Paul, Bimal Kanti, author
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| LC no. |
2021675882 |
| ISBN |
9780739183540 |
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0739183540 |
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