Settlement relocations in the char-lands of Padma River basin in Ganges delta, Bangladesh

Frontiers of Earth Science in China

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 393-402

  Islam, Shafi Noor ^a   Singh, Shilpa ^b   Shaheed, Hasibush ^c   Wei, Shouke ^d  

^a BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY   (India)

^c Government Azizul Huq College Bogra   (Bangladesh)

^d SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

char land erosion; development and management; floods; Padma River; settlement relocation

Indexed keywords

BANK EROSION; DELTAIC DEPOSIT; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FLOODPLAIN; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RIVER BANK; SEASONAL VARIATION; SETTLEMENT PATTERN;

GANGES RIVER;

EID: 79251646659     PISSN: 20950195     EISSN: 20950209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11707-010-0122-5     Document Type: Article

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