Climate variability and changes in the major cities of Bangladesh: observations, possible impacts and adaptation

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 459-471

  Shahid, Shamsuddin ^a   Wang, Xiao Jun ^b,c   Harun, Sobri Bin ^a   Shamsudin, Supiah Binti ^d   Ismail, Tarmizi ^a   Minhans, Anil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b NANJING HYDRAULIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^c YANGTZE RIVER SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^d UTM RAZAK SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Climate change; Climate variability; Extreme events; Urban population

Indexed keywords

EID: 84956673062     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-015-0757-6     Document Type: Article

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