Livelihood Cycle and Vulnerability of Rural Households to Climate Change and Hazards in Bangladesh

Environmental Management

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 777-791

  Alam, G M Monirul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b BANGABANDHU SHEIKH MUJIBUR RAHMAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Bangladesh; Climate change; Riverbank erosion; Rural households; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EROSION; FOOD SUPPLY; HAZARDS; RURAL AREAS;

ADAPTATION; BANGLADESH; RIVERBANK EROSION; RURAL HOUSEHOLDS; VULNERABILITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BANK EROSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; FOOD SECURITY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INDEX METHOD; LIVELIHOOD; NATURAL RESOURCE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POVERTY; RIPARIAN ZONE; RIVER BANK; RURAL AREA; VULNERABILITY;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CLIMATE CHANGE; HAZARD; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LOCAL ADAPTATION; POVERTY; RURAL AREA; CLIMATE; FAMILY SIZE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL POPULATION;

BANGLADESH;

BANGLADESH; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; POVERTY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 85010762596     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-017-0826-3     Document Type: Article

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