Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change in Bangladesh Processes, Assessment and Effects /

• Main Author: Younus, Md Aboul Fazal (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Geography.; Natural disasters.; Physical geography.; Agriculture.; Physical Geography.; Natural Hazards.

The IPCC (2007 and 2014) warned that the Ganges Brahmaputra Meghna (GBM) basin will be at greatest risk due to increased flooding, and that the region’s poverty would reduce its adaptation capacity. This book investigates autonomous adaptation using a multi-method technique comprising PRA and a ques...

Table of Contents:

• Introductory Background and Statement of the Problems
• Research Methodology
• Floods in Bangladesh: Nature, History, Research, Causes and Types
• Household Information in the Case Study Area
• Crop Adjustment Processes to Extreme Floods
• Community-Based Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment: Informing the Future by Understanding the Past
• Failure Effects of Autonomous Adaptation
•  Conclusion and Recommendations.