Flood risk of natural and embanked landscapes on the Ganges-Brahmaputra tidal delta plain

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 153-157

  Auerbach, L W ^a   Goodbred, S L ^a   Mondal, D R ^b   Wilson, C A ^a   Ahmed, K R ^c   Roy, K ^c   Steckler, M S ^d   Small, C ^d   Gilligan, J M ^a   Ackerly, B A ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c KHULNA UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^d Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COASTAL PLAIN; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EMBANKMENT; FLOOD; FLOODING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDSCAPE; RISK FACTOR; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION;

BRAHMAPUTRA BASIN; GANGES DELTA; INDIA; SUNDARBANS NATIONAL PARK; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 84923027929     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2472     Document Type: Article

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