Cyclones in a changing climate: the case of Bangladesh

Climate and Development

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 96-110

  Dasgupta, Susmita ^a   Huq, Mainul ^b   Khan, Zahirul Huq ^c   Ahmed, Manjur Murshed Zahid ^c   Mukherjee, Nandan ^d   Khan, Malik Fida ^d   Pandey, Kiran ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b Development Policy Group   (Bangladesh)

^c Institute of Water Modelling   (Bangladesh)

^d Center for Environmental and Geographic Information Services   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

adaptation cost; Bangladesh; climate change; damage; geographic overlays; storm surges

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899911037     PISSN: 17565529     EISSN: 17565537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17565529.2013.868335     Document Type: Article

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