Climate change in Bangladesh : confronting impending disasters /

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 pla...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteurs principaux: Rashid, Harun, 1943- (Auteur), Paul, Bimal Kanti (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2014]
Sujets:
Climate change mitigation > Bangladesh.
Climatic changes > Bangladesh.
Sea level > Bangladesh.
Climat > Changements > Atténuation > Bangladesh.
Climat > Changements > Bangladesh.
Mer > Niveau > Bangladesh.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Climate change mitigation.
Climatic changes.
Climatology.
Sea level.
Bangladesh > Climate.
Bangladesh.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.

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