Vulnerability of rural livelihoods to multiple stressors: A case study from the southwest coastal region of Bangladesh

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 102, Issue PA, 2014, Pages 79-87

  Shameem, Masud Iqbal Md ^a   Momtaz, Salim ^a   Rauscher, Ray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANGLADESH; COASTAL REGIONS; MULTIPLE STRESSORS; RURAL LIVELIHOOD;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL SOCIETY; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VULNERABILITY;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 84907512775     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2014.09.002     Document Type: Article

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