Holdings: Facing the Hungry Tide : Climate Change, Livelihood Threats, and Household Responses in Coastal Bangladesh

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Facing the Hungry Tide : Climate Change, Livelihood Threats, and Household Responses in Coastal Bangladesh

This paper quantifies the impact of inundation risk and salinization on the family structure and economic welfare of coastal households in Bangladesh. These households are already on the "front line" of climate change, so their adaptation...

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Main Authors:	Dasgupta, Susmita, Hossain, Md. Moqbul, Huq, Mainul, Wheeler, David
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AQUACULTURE BICYCLES CLIMATE CHANGE COASTAL AREAS COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS COASTAL REGIONS COASTAL ZONES COMMUNITIES COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS CONDUCTIVITY CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DRINKING WATER ESTIMATORS EXPLORATION FEMALE FEMALES FLOODING GENDER HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INUNDATION LAND TENURE MODELING MONITORING STATIONS RAINFALL RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS RESIDENCY ROAD ROAD IMPROVEMENT ROAD IMPROVEMENTS ROAD MAINTENANCE RURAL DEVELOPMENT SALINITY SALTWATER INTRUSION SANITATION SCIENCES SEA SEA LEVEL RISE SETTLEMENTS SOIL RESEARCH SUBSIDENCE SURFACE WATER TECHNIQUES TEMPERATURE TRANSPORT TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRAVEL TIME TRAVEL TIMES TRUE URBAN AREA URBAN CONCENTRATION WEALTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/12/23130405/facing-hungry-tide-climate-change-livelihood-threats-household-responses-coastal-bangladesh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21143

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/12/23130405/facing-hungry-tide-climate-change-livelihood-threats-household-responses-coastal-bangladesh
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21143