Bangladesh's dynamic coastal regions and sea-level rise

Climate Risk Management

Volumn 1, Issue , 2014, Pages 51-62

  Brammer, Hugh ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Delta; Meghna estuary; Polder; Sea level rise; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901504678     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22120963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crm.2013.10.001     Document Type: Article

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