Soil salinity, household wealth and food insecurity in tropical deltas: evidence from south-west coast of Bangladesh

Sustainability Science

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 411-421

  Szabo, Sylvia ^a   Hossain, Md Sarwar ^a   Adger, W Neil ^b   Matthews, Zoe ^a   Ahmed, Sayem ^c   Lázár, Attila N ^a   Ahmad, Sate ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Climate change; Food insecurity; Ganges Brahmaputra delta; Soil salinisation; Sustainable deltas; Wealth inequalities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944691481     PISSN: 18624065     EISSN: 18624057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-015-0337-1     Document Type: Article

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