Impacts of climatic hazards on the small wetland ecosystems (ponds): Evidence from some selected areas of coastal Bangladesh

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1510-1521

  Rabbani, Golam ^a   Rahman, Syed Hafizur ^b   Faulkner, Lucy ^c  

^a Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies   (Bangladesh)

^b JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^c International Centre for Climate Change and Development   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Bangladesh; Climate change; Climate vulnerable poor communities; Coastal zone; Cyclone; Flooding; Impacts; Ponds; Salinity intrusion; Water

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE; CYCLONE; DRINKING WATER; FLOODING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HYGIENE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POND; SALINE INTRUSION; VILLAGE; VULNERABILITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

BANGLADESH; KHULNA [BANGLADESH]; SATKHIRA;

ZIZIPHUS SPINA-CHRISTI;

EID: 84882650434     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su5041510     Document Type: Article

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