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Climatic changes -- Bangladesh.
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Climatic changes -- Bangladesh -- Planning.
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| Descript |
1 online resource (viii, 173 pages) : illustrations. |
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text txt |
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computer c |
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online resource cr |
| Contents |
Cover; Front Matter; Half-title; Series information; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; List of illustrations; Abbreviations, Acronyms and Bangladeshi Terms; Acknowledgments; About the author; Chapter (1-12); Chapter One Actors, not Victims; Shaped by Geography and Politics; Bangladesh as 'Basket Case'; Bangladesh as a Development Success Story; What Is the Risk?; Chapter Two How Will Climate Change Hit Bangladesh?; Global Climate Change; Climate Change and Bangladesh; Three Targets and Four Scenarios; Small Differences Have a Big Impact; Looking More Closely at Bangladesh |
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Conclusion: More of the Same ... but How Much More?Chapter Three Taking the Lead in Negotiations -- and Moving Forward; Making an International Mark; Changing Governments Mean Changing Approaches; Low-Profile Leadership on Loss and Damage; Baby Steps When Giant Strides Are Needed; Conclusion: Bangladesh in the Lead, but Can Small Victories Halt the Rising Sea?; Chapter Four Sea Level Rise and the Vulnerable Coast -- Where Farmers Know More Than Engineers; River and Coastal Zones Are Very Different; The US, Krug, Pakistan and the Engineering Years; Misunderstanding Sediment Flows |
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Changes over TimeCommunity Action to Develop Tidal River Management; Tidal River Management; The Kalishakul Protest Shows Much Remains to Be Done; Compensation; Cyclones and Storm Surges; Conclusion: Raising the Land to Meet Rising Seas; Chapter Five Saving Lives With Cyclone Shelters; Shelters; Cyclone Warnings; Risk Reduction; Conclusion: Home-Grown Successes; Chapter Six Living With Floods; Floods and Responses; Engineering Answers; Faulty Justification; Flood Proofing; Learning and Innovation; Conclusion: Adapting to Floods; Chapter Seven Agronomists Keeping Ahead of Climate Change |
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After BoroUsing Less Water; Conclusion: Rice OK until 2050, at Least; Chapter Eight No Climate Change Migrants -- Yet; Environmental Migrants; International Migration; Conclusion: Will Climate Change Create Refugees?; Chapter Nine How Can the Privatized Megacity Cope With Climate Change?; The Politics That Create the Least 'Liveable' City; Smaller Cities; Dhaka and the Mastaans; Rivers and Floods; A Flood-Prone Megacity; Conclusion: Can Adequate Action Be Taken?; Chapter Ten Is Climate Change Only a Problem For the Urban Poor?; Informal or Slum?; NGOs Fill the Gap; No Return to the Countryside |
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The Changing SlumsBuilding Better Housing for the Poor; Conclusion: Dhaka Is Third Most Vulnerable City; Chapter Eleven Power -- Political, Financial and Electrical; Government Corruption and NGO Misconduct; Donor Myths and Reality; Greenhouse Gases; Conclusion: Contradictory Goals; Chapter Twelve Bangladesh on the Front Line of Climate Change; How High Will the Temperature Rise?; The Unlivable Cities; The Climate Continuum; Keeping Our Heads above Water; End Matter; Index |
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Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU |
| Alt author |
Hanlon, Joseph.
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Hulme, David, 1946-
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| ISBN |
9781783086344 (electronic bk.) |
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1783086343 (electronic bk.) |
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9781783086337 (Pbk) |
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9781783086320 (Hbk) |
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1783086327 (Hbk) |
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1783086335 (Pbk) |
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