Resilience refused wasted potentials for improving food security in Dhaka

Erdkunde

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 75-91

  Keck, Markus ^a   Etzold, Benjamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Food systems; Social resilience; Urban food security; Urban governance

Indexed keywords

CYCLONE; FOOD SECURITY; FOOD SUPPLY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; MARKET SYSTEM; MEGACITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN ECONOMY;

BANGLADESH; DHAKA [BANGLADESH];

EID: 84876027285     PISSN: 00140015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3112/erdkunde.2013.01.07     Document Type: Article

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