Climate change and farm-level adaptation decisions and strategies in drought-prone and groundwater-depleted areas of Bangladesh: An empirical investigation

Ecological Economics

Volumn 106, Issue , 2014, Pages 204-213

  Alauddin, Mohammad ^a   Sarker, Md Abdur Rashid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RAJSHAHI   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Adaptation barriers; Climate change; Drought severity; Enabling environment; Groundwater depletion; Resource depleting adaptation; Science driven adaptation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; DROUGHT STRESS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; IRRIGATION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 84906482522     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.07.025     Document Type: Article

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