Joseph Hanlon

Bangladesh Confronts Climate Change

Keeping Our Heads above Water

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Living in a low-lying and densely populated country on the front line of climate change, Bangladeshis are taking a lead in adapting to rising temperatures and campaigning to limit climate change. Global warming will worsen this country's existing environmental problems - causing a rise in sea level, more flooding and stronger, more damaging cyclones.Bangladeshis know what is coming, and how to respond, because they are already effectively combating environmental and social challenges. Cyclone shelters and warning systems have cut the fatality rate dramatically; new varieties of rice have raised nutrition levels; women's education has slowed p… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Roy, Manoj / Hulme, David

ISBN: 978-1-78308-635-1
EAN: 9781783086351
Produktnummer: 21786422
Verlag: Anthem Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Seitenangabe: 190 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 3'835 KB
Auflage: 1. Auflage

Über den Autor

Manoj Roy is a lecturer in sustainability at Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, UK. Joseph Hanlon is a visiting senior fellow at the London School of Economics and a visiting senior research fellow at the Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.David Hulme is a professor of development studies and executive director of the Global Development Institute, University of Manchester, UK.