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Climate Change in Bangladesh
Confronting Impending Disasters
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2013
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Climate Change in Bangladesh: Confronting Impending Disasters is a comprehensive analysis of climate change impacts on Bangladesh, followed by a review of measures for confronting the manifested threats of climate change on the people and environment of Bangladesh. Using an integrative approach, the authors blend their own work on indigenous adjustments to climatic hazards in Bangladesh with an analysis of the role of modern engineering intervention and disaster management policies in alleviating these hazards. There is also an emphasis on the environment and people of coastal Bangladesh who are at risk of inundation due to global warming–induced sea level rise. Thus, in addition to analyzing main climatic disasters at some length—tropical cyclones (hurricanes), floods, droughts, and sea level rise—key topics of human dimensions of climate change include climate change victims, climate refugees, climate justice, public policies on climate change, and a sample of adaptation measures for living with the rising sea levels.
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Copyright year
2013
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-8353-3
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-8354-0
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
234
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Preface No access
1 Introduction No access Pages 1 - 18
2 Impacts on Air Temperature, Precipitation, and Sea Level No access Pages 19 - 36
3 Impacts on Tropical Cyclones and Coping Strategies No access Pages 37 - 62
4 Impacts on Floods and Coping Strategies No access Pages 63 - 80
5 Impacts on Droughts and Coping Strategies No access Pages 81 - 94
6 Climate Change Victims and Climate Justice No access Pages 95 - 112
7 Climate Refugees No access Pages 113 - 146
8 Confronting Climate Change through Disaster Management Initiatives No access Pages 147 - 166
9 Confronting Sea Level Rise through Adaptation No access Pages 167 - 188
10 Summary and Conclusions No access Pages 189 - 200
Appendix 1: Map of Districts of Bangladesh No access Pages 201 - 202
Appendix 2: Population, Area, and Population Density of Districts of Bangladesh, 2013 No access Pages 203 - 208
