Threatening dystopias: Development and adaptation regimes in Bangladesh

Annals of the American Association of Geographers

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 955-973

  Paprocki, Kasia ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change adaptation; Climate migration; Development; Political ecology; Studies

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AGRARIAN REFORM; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EXPORT; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; RURAL SOCIETY;

BANGLADESH;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 85040999255     PISSN: 24694452     EISSN: 24694460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/24694452.2017.1406330     Document Type: Article

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