Deltaic floodplains development and wetland ecosystems management in the Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna Rivers Delta in Bangladesh

Sustainable Water Resources Management

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 237-256

  Islam, Shafi Noor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

Floodplain formation; Ganges Brahmaputra Meghna Delta; River system; Wetland ecosystems management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); COASTAL ZONES; CULTIVATION; DISASTERS; ECONOMICS; FLOODS; LAND USE; RIVERS; SALINE WATER; WETLANDS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND USE; ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; ECOSYSTEM DEGRADATION; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; SALINE WATER INTRUSION; TRANS-BOUNDARY RIVERS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; RIVER SYSTEM; SALINE INTRUSION; WETLAND;

BANGLADESH; GANGES DELTA; MEGHNA RIVER;

EID: 85024119998     PISSN: 23635037     EISSN: 23635045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40899-016-0047-6     Document Type: Article

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