Adaptation in situ or retreat? A multivariate approach to explore the factors that guide the peoples' preference against the impacts of sea level rise in coastal Bangladesh

Local Environment

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 663-686

  Saroar, Mustafa ^a,b   Routray, Jayant K ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b Urban and Rural Planning Discipline Science   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Adaptation in situ; Bangladesh; Climate refugees; Coastal community; Sea level rise

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; COASTAL ZONE; COPING STRATEGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 77955892565     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2010.498813     Document Type: Article

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