'Climate Refugee' is Not a Hoax. But We can Avoid it. Empirical Evidence from the Bangladesh Coast

Climate Change Adaptation in Practice: From strategy development to implementation

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 283-301

  Saroar, M Mustafa ^a,b   Routray, Jayant K ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b KHULNA UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Climate refugee; Public adaptation; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886703135     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118548165.ch21     Document Type: Chapter

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