Climate-induced human displacement: a case study of Cyclone Aila in the south-west coastal region of Bangladesh

Natural Hazards

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 1051-1071

  Islam, M Rezaul ^a,b   Hasan, Mehedi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^c Coastal Livelihood and Environmental Action Network ^*  (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Climate change; Coastal region; Human displacement; Migration; Natural disaster

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE; CYCLONE; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; PUBLIC SERVICE; STORM DAMAGE;

BANGLADESH; KHULNA [BANGLADESH];

EID: 84957850853     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: 15730840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-015-2119-6     Document Type: Article

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