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Bangladesh confronts climate change : keeping our heads above water /
Severely threatened by climate change, Bangladesh is showing the world how to take an active role in adapting to this situation. Learning from its own experience in coping with floods and cyclones, Bangladesh is taking the lead in international climate change negotiations and attempting to persuade...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Anthem Press,
2016.
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| Colección: | Anthem climate change and policy series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Bangladesh confronts climate change : |b keeping our heads above water / |c Manoj Roy, Joseph Hanlon and David Hulme. |
| 264 | 1 | |a London : |b Anthem Press, |c 2016. | |
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
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| 520 | |a Severely threatened by climate change, Bangladesh is showing the world how to take an active role in adapting to this situation. Learning from its own experience in coping with floods and cyclones, Bangladesh is taking the lead in international climate change negotiations and attempting to persuade the industrialized world to curb emissions. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Cover; Front Matter; Half-title; Series information; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; List of illustrations; Abbreviations, Acronyms and Bangladeshi Terms; Acknowledgments; About the author; Chapter (1-12); Chapter One Actors, not Victims; Shaped by Geography and Politics; Bangladesh as 'Basket Case'; Bangladesh as a Development Success Story; What Is the Risk?; Chapter Two How Will Climate Change Hit Bangladesh?; Global Climate Change; Climate Change and Bangladesh; Three Targets and Four Scenarios; Small Differences Have a Big Impact; Looking More Closely at Bangladesh | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Conclusion: More of the Same ... but How Much More?Chapter Three Taking the Lead in Negotiations -- and Moving Forward; Making an International Mark; Changing Governments Mean Changing Approaches; Low-Profile Leadership on Loss and Damage; Baby Steps When Giant Strides Are Needed; Conclusion: Bangladesh in the Lead, but Can Small Victories Halt the Rising Sea?; Chapter Four Sea Level Rise and the Vulnerable Coast -- Where Farmers Know More Than Engineers; River and Coastal Zones Are Very Different; The US, Krug, Pakistan and the Engineering Years; Misunderstanding Sediment Flows | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Changes over TimeCommunity Action to Develop Tidal River Management; Tidal River Management; The Kalishakul Protest Shows Much Remains to Be Done; Compensation; Cyclones and Storm Surges; Conclusion: Raising the Land to Meet Rising Seas; Chapter Five Saving Lives With Cyclone Shelters; Shelters; Cyclone Warnings; Risk Reduction; Conclusion: Home-Grown Successes; Chapter Six Living With Floods; Floods and Responses; Engineering Answers; Faulty Justification; Flood Proofing; Learning and Innovation; Conclusion: Adapting to Floods; Chapter Seven Agronomists Keeping Ahead of Climate Change | |
| 505 | 8 | |a After BoroUsing Less Water; Conclusion: Rice OK until 2050, at Least; Chapter Eight No Climate Change Migrants -- Yet; Environmental Migrants; International Migration; Conclusion: Will Climate Change Create Refugees?; Chapter Nine How Can the Privatized Megacity Cope With Climate Change?; The Politics That Create the Least 'Liveable' City; Smaller Cities; Dhaka and the Mastaans; Rivers and Floods; A Flood-Prone Megacity; Conclusion: Can Adequate Action Be Taken?; Chapter Ten Is Climate Change Only a Problem For the Urban Poor?; Informal or Slum?; NGOs Fill the Gap; No Return to the Countryside | |
| 505 | 8 | |a The Changing SlumsBuilding Better Housing for the Poor; Conclusion: Dhaka Is Third Most Vulnerable City; Chapter Eleven Power -- Political, Financial and Electrical; Government Corruption and NGO Misconduct; Donor Myths and Reality; Greenhouse Gases; Conclusion: Contradictory Goals; Chapter Twelve Bangladesh on the Front Line of Climate Change; How High Will the Temperature Rise?; The Unlivable Cities; The Climate Continuum; Keeping Our Heads above Water; End Matter; Index | |
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