Climate change risks and food security in Bangladesh /

Managing climate variability and change remains a key development and food security issue in Bangladesh. Despite significant investments, floods, droughts, and cyclones during the last two decades continue to cause extensive economic damage and impair livelihoods. Climate change will pose additional...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Yu, Winston H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; Washington, DC : Earthscan, ©2010.
Colección:Earthscan climate
Temas:
Crops and climate > Bangladesh.
Climatic changes > Bangladesh.
Food security > Environmental aspects > Bangladesh.
Agricultural productivity > Environmental aspects > Bangladesh.
Agriculture > Economic aspects > Bangladesh.
Cultures et climat > Bangladesh.
Climat > Changements > Bangladesh.
Sécurité alimentaire > Aspect de l'environnement > Bangladesh.
Agriculture > Productivité > Aspect de l'environnement > Bangladesh.
Agriculture > Aspect économique > Bangladesh.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
Agricultural productivity > Environmental aspects
Agriculture > Economic aspects
Climatic changes
Crops and climate
Bangladesh
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Executive Summary; Glossary of Terms; Acronyms; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Vulnerability to Climate Risks; Chapter 3 Future Climate Scenarios; Chapter 4 Future Flood Hydrology; Chapter 5 Future Crop Performance; Chapter 6 Economy-wide Impacts of Climate Risks; Chapter 7 Adaptation Options in the Agriculture Sector; Chapter 8 The Way Forward Turning Ideas into Action; Annexes; References; Index; Colour plates.

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