An indicator based approach to assess coastal communities’ resilience against climate related disasters in Indian Sundarbans

Journal of Coastal Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 85-101

  DasGupta, Rajarshi ^a   Shaw, Rajib ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Climate related disasters; Community resilience; Indian Sundarbans; Resilience indicators

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISASTER; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; RURAL AREA;

INDIA; SUNDARBANS;

EID: 84928408137     PISSN: 14000350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11852-014-0369-1     Document Type: Article

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