Climate change, flooding in South Asia and implications

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 95-107

  Mirza, M Monirul Qader ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Crop damage; Flooding; Food security; South Asia

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952076005     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-010-0184-7     Document Type: Article

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