Mainstreaming adaptation to climate change in Coastal Bangladesh by building civil society alliances

Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2005 - Proceedings of the Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 668-684

  Thomalla, Frank ^a   Cannon, Terry ^b   Huq, Saleemul ^c   Klein, Richard J T ^d   Schaerer, Claudia ^e  

^a STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

^d POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e CARE Bangladesh   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Bangladesh; Civil society; Climate change; Coastal planning; Community vulnerability; Mainstreaming; Policy development; Sea level rise; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISASTER PREVENTION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PLANNING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC POLICY; SEA LEVEL; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ADAPTATION; BANGLADESH; CIVIL SOCIETY; COASTAL PLANNING; COMMUNITY VULNERABILITY; MAINSTREAMING; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; SEA-LEVEL RISE; TROPICAL CYCLONES;

COASTAL ZONES;

EID: 21844479061     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40774(176)67     Document Type: Conference Paper

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