Recent changes in ecosystem services and human well-being in the Bangladesh coastal zone

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 429-443

  Hossain, Md Sarwar ^a   Dearing, John A ^a   Rahman, M M ^b   Salehin, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Delta; Ecosystem services; Tipping points; Trend analysis; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84956647016     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-014-0748-z     Document Type: Article

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