Safe Water Adaptability for Salinity, Arsenic and Drought Risks in Southwest of Bangladesh

Risk, Hazards and Crisis in Public Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 62-82

  Abedin, Md Anwarul ^a   Shaw, Rajib ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

arsenic; drought; safe water adaptability; salinity; southwestern Bangladesh

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940374505     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19444079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rhc3.12033     Document Type: Article

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