Island erosion and afflicted population: Crisis and policies to handle climate change

Climate Change Management

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 217-225

  Ghosh, Tuhin ^a   Hajra, Rituparna ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Anirban ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Erosion; Ghoramara Island; Migration; Refugee; Rehabilitation policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934766598     PISSN: 16102002     EISSN: 16102010     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-04489-7_15     Document Type: Chapter

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