Sustainable shrimp farming in Bangladesh: A quest for an Integrated Coastal Zone Management

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 71, Issue , 2013, Pages 275-283

  Afroz, Tanzim ^a,b   Alam, Shawkat ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANGLADESH; COASTAL REGIONS; HOLISTIC APPROACH; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; INTEGRATED COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; INTERNATIONAL MARKETS; NATIONAL LAWS; NATIONAL POLICIES; PARADIGM SHIFTS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SHRIMP FARMING; SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES;

INTERNATIONAL TRADE;

SHELLFISH;

COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; PARADIGM SHIFT; POLICY MAKING; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SHRIMP CULTURE; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BANGLADESH;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 84870291865     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2012.10.006     Document Type: Article

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