Negotiating risk and poverty in mangrove fishing communities of the Bangladesh Sundarbans

Maritime Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-20

  Islam, Mohammad Mahmudul ^a   Chuenpagdee, Ratana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; FISHING COMMUNITY; MANGROVE; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 84881356287     PISSN: 18727859     EISSN: 22129790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2212-9790-12-7     Document Type: Article

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