Reading nature's mind: Disaster management by indigenous peoples of Bangladesh

Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 80-90

  Irfanullah, Haseeb Md ^a   Motaleb, Mohammad Abdul ^a,b  

^a Practical Action   (Bangladesh)

^b IUCN   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Chittagong Hill Tracts; Climate change; Climate variability; Community capacity; Traditional forecasting; Traditional knowledge; Traditional preparedness

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952164851     PISSN: 09725938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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