Rates of shoreline change along the coast of Bangladesh

Journal of Coastal Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 515-526

  Sarwar, Md Golam Mahabub ^a   Woodroffe, Colin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Bay of Bengal; Delta; Landsat imagery; Shoreline change; Sundarbans

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE; EROSION RATE; LANDSAT; PIXEL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHORELINE CHANGE;

BANGLADESH; BAY OF BENGAL; CHITTAGONG [BANGLADESH]; HATIYA; INDIAN OCEAN; SUNDARBANS;

ZIZIPHUS SPINA-CHRISTI;

EID: 84883864847     PISSN: 14000350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11852-013-0251-6     Document Type: Article

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