Climate proofing infrastructure in bangladesh: The incremental cost of limiting future flood damage

Journal of Environment and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 167-190

  Dasgupta, Susmita ^a   Huq, Mainul ^b   Khan, Zahirul Huq ^c   Masud, Md Sohel ^c   Ahmed, Manjur Murshed Zahid ^c   Mukherjee, Nandan ^d   Pandey, Kiran ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b Development Policy Group   (Bangladesh)

^c Institute of Water Modeling   (Bangladesh)

^d Center for Environmental and Geographic Information Services   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

adaptation cost; Bangladesh; climate change; infrastructure

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; CLIMATE CHANGE; DRAINAGE; EROSION CONTROL; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOOD DAMAGE; GROUNDWATER; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; RECHARGE; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; WATER FLOW;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 79958729422     PISSN: 10704965     EISSN: 15525465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1070496511408401     Document Type: Article

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