Building responsiveness to climate change through community based adaptation in Bangladesh

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 845-863

  Rawlani, Amireeta K ^a   Sovacool, Benjamin K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Climate change adaptation; Coastal afforestation; Community based adaptation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AFFORESTATION; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BIODIVERSITY; BUILDING; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOOD SECURITY; FORESTRY; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INFRASTRUCTURE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LITERATURE REVIEW; RESEARCH WORK; STATE ROLE; UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 81755172033     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-011-9298-6     Document Type: Article

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