Local perceptions of and adaptation to climate variability and change: the case of shrimp farming communities in the coastal region of Bangladesh

Climatic Change

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 253-266

  Shameem, Masud Iqbal Md ^a   Momtaz, Salim ^a   Kiem, Anthony S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AQUACULTURE; BALLOONS; COASTAL ZONES; RISK PERCEPTION; SHELLFISH; SURVEYS;

CASE STUDY APPROACH; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CHANGE; CLIMATIC PARAMETERS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS; METEOROLOGICAL RECORDS; SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE; SHRIMP AQUACULTURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AQUACULTURE SYSTEM; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; COASTAL ZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; RISK PERCEPTION; SHRIMP CULTURE;

BANGLADESH;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 84951568965     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: 15731480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-015-1470-7     Document Type: Article

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