Economics of Climate Change in the Indian Sundarbans

Global Business Review

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 493-508

  Roy, Chandan ^a   Guha, Indrila ^b  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Basanti Devi College   (India)

Author keywords

Climate change; environmental degradation; food security; impoverishment; LIFE approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018975335     PISSN: 09721509     EISSN: 09730664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0972150916668683     Document Type: Article

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