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Climate change in Bangladesh : confronting impending disasters / Harun Rashid and Bimal Paul
Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Publisher: Lanham : Lexington Books, 2014Edition: Online-AusgDescription: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (xviii, 234 pages))ISBN:- 9781306170949
- 9780739183540
- 130617094X
- 9780739183533
- 363.73874095492
- 363.738/74095492 363.73874095492
- QC903.2.B353
- QC903.2.B353 R37 2014
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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.Summary: Intro -- Title Page -- Figures -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction -- Impacts on Air Temperature, Precipitation, and Sea Level -- 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 Conclusions -- Appendix 1: Map of Districts of Bangladesh -- Appendix 2: Population, Area, and Population Density of Districts of Bangladesh, 2013 -- References Cited -- Index -- About the Authors.PPN: PPN: 787518573Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-26-MYL | ZDB-30-PAD | ZDB-30-PQE
Contents; Figures; Abbreviations; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Impacts on Air Temperature, Precipitation, and Sea Level; 3 Impacts on Tropical Cyclones and Coping Strategies; 4 Impacts on Floods and Coping Strategies; 5 Impacts on Droughts and Coping Strategies; 6 Climate Change Victims and Climate Justice; 7 Climate Refugees; 8 Confronting Climate Change through Disaster Management Initiatives; 9 Confronting Sea Level Rise through Adaptation; 10 Summary and Conclusions; Appendix 1: Map of Districts of Bangladesh
Appendix 2: Population, Area, and Population Density of Districts of Bangladesh, 2013References Cited; Index; About the Authors
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