Experiencing climate change in Bangladesh : vulnerability and adaptation in Coastal regions / Salim Momtaz, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle, Ourimbah, NSW, Australia, Masud Iqbal Md Shameem, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle, Ourimbah, NSW, Australia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Momtaz, Salim, author.

Shameem, Masud Iqbal Md, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes--Risk management--Bangladesh.

Climatic changes.

Climatic changes--Bangladesh.

Bangladesh--Climate.

Bangladesh.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, England : Academic Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Experiencing Climate Change in Bangladesh: Vulnerability and Adaptation in Coastal Regions provides a conceptual and empirical framework for understanding the vulnerability of coastal communities in Bangladesh to multiple stressors and presents the process by which rural households adapt their livelihoods.The livelihoods of the poor people in many.

Contents:

Introduction

Adaptation in climate change discourse : a conceptual framework

Study design and data sources

The research setting

Household assets and capabilities

Local people's perceptions of climate change

Climate disturbances and change : strategies for adaptation

Livelihood adaptation to climate change : the role of policies and institutions

Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 27, 2015).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-12-803422-X

OCLC:

932328862