Scenarios of population change in the coastal Ganges Brahmaputra Delta (2011-2051)

Asia-Pacific Population Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 51-72

  Szabo, Sylvia ^a   Begum, Dilruba ^b   Ahmad, Sate ^a   Matthews, Zoe ^b   Streatfield, Peter Kim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Ganges Brahmaputra Delta; Population projections

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; COASTAL ZONE; HISTORICAL RECORD; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MIGRATION; POPULATION POLICY; VULNERABILITY;

GANGES DELTA;

EID: 84991470408     PISSN: 0259238X     EISSN: 15644278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18356/35479cd3-en     Document Type: Review

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