A Rising Tide in Bangladesh: livelihood adaptation to climate stress

Australian Geographer

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 289-307

  Collins, Jonathon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; climate change; Livelihood adaptation; resilience; vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906043139     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: 14653311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049182.2014.929999     Document Type: Article

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