The poverty-vulnerability-resilience nexus: Evidence from Bangladesh

Ecological Economics

Volumn 96, Issue , 2013, Pages 114-124

  Akter, Sonia ^a   Mallick, Bishawjit ^b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Bangladesh; Natural disasters; Poverty; Socio economic resilience; Socio economic vulnerability; State and transition model; Tropical cyclone

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; DAMAGE; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; NATURAL DISASTER; POVERTY; PUBLIC ACCESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VULNERABILITY;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 84887370222     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.10.008     Document Type: Article

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