Adaptation and development: Livelihoods and climate change in Subarnabad, Bangladesh

Climate and Development

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-46

  Pouliotte, Jennifer ^a   Smit, Barry ^a   Westerhoff, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Asia; Bangladesh; Climate change; Livelihoods; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPMENT LEVEL; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL AREA; SHRIMP CULTURE; SOCIAL SECURITY; VULNERABILITY;

BANGLADESH;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 80052169023     PISSN: 17565529     EISSN: 17565537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/cdev.2009.0001     Document Type: Article

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