Climate change impacts and adaptation in Bangladesh: An agent-based approach

18th World IMACS Congress and MODSIM 2009 - International Congress on Modelling and Simulation: Interfacing Modelling and Simulation with Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 2720-2726

  Angus, S D ^a   Parris, B ^a,b   Hassani, M B ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WORLD VISION AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Agent based model; Bangladesh; Climate change; South Asia

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; AQUIFERS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CROPS; FACINGS; FLOODS; FLOW OF WATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; MELTING; POTABLE WATER; RIVERS; SALT WATER INTRUSION; SEA LEVEL; STORMS;

AGENT-BASED APPROACH; ASIAN SUMMER MONSOONS; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; COMPLEX ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; NON-LINEAR THRESHOLDS; NONLINEAR PHASE SHIFT; SCENARIO EXPLORATIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 85086255573     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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