Assessing risks from climate variability and change for disaster-prone zones in Bangladesh

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Volumn 10, Issue PA, 2014, Pages 236-249

  Toufique, Kazi Ali ^a   Islam, Anisul ^b  

^a Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies   (Bangladesh)

^b Centre for Natural Resource Studies (CNRS)   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Bangladesh; Climate change; Disaster; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908369007     PISSN: 22124209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2014.08.008     Document Type: Article

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