Institutions Matter for Urban Resilience: The Institutional Challenges in Mainstreaming Climate Smart Disaster Risk Management in Bangladesh

Climate Change Management

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 169-191

  Hossain, Md Zakir ^a   Huq, Nazmul ^b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies BCAS   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Climate Smart Disaster Risk Management; Institutions and institutional challenges; Urban resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904035995     PISSN: 16102002     EISSN: 16102010     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-31110-9_11     Document Type: Chapter

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