A people‐centred perspective on climate change, environmental stress, and livelihood resilience in Bangladesh

Sustainability Science

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 679-694

  Ayeb Karlsson, Sonja ^a,b   van der Geest, Kees ^a   Ahmed, Istiakh ^c   Huq, Saleemul ^c   Warner, Koko ^a  

^a UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c International Centre for Climate Change and Development   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Livelihood resilience; Natural disasters; People centred research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975833340     PISSN: 18624065     EISSN: 18624057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-016-0379-z     Document Type: Article

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