In search of "white gold": Environmental and agrarian changes in rural Bangladesh

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 66-78

  Islam, Md Saidul ^a  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrarian change; Bangladesh; Consumption pattern; Environmental change; Shrimp aquaculture

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN CHANGE; COMMODITY MARKET; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; RURAL ECONOMY; SHRIMP CULTURE;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 58049208279     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920801942255     Document Type: Article

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