Managerial response to sea level rise in the tidal estuaries of the Indian Sundarbans: A geomorphological approach

Water Policy

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages 51-74

  Bhattacharyya, Somenath ^a   Pethick, John ^b   Sarma, Kakoli Sen ^a  

^a Institute of Environmental Studies and Wetland Management   (India)

^b World Bank Consultant   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embankment; Estuary; Regime model; Sea level rise; Sundarbans

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885397259     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2013.205     Document Type: Article

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