Riverine islands, also known as chars, are low-lying landforms in Bangladesh that are particularly vulnerable to flooding due to their proximity to the river system. This study aims to assess the socio-economic impacts of the 2017 flood disaster on riverine island dwellers, their adaptation ...
Impact of riverbank erosion on the elderly: A study on a coastal district of Bangladesh The rivers have historically played an important role on the lives and livelihood of the people in Bangladesh. The annual flooding over the plains caused b... M Hassan 被引量: 6发表: 2015年 Erosion risk...
Socioeconomic Vulnerability and Adaptation to Environmental Risk: A Case Study of Climate Change and Flooding in Bangladesh In this article we investigate the complex relationship between environmental risk, poverty, and vulnerability in a case study carried out in one of the po... R Brouwer,S ...
In addition to the change in frequency and intensity of climate extremes, the severity of the impacts of these extremes is largely determined by socioeconomic exposure and vulnerability to these climate extremes. However, our understanding of the socioeconomic impact of climate extremes at the global...
Socioeconomic Vulnerability and Adaptation to Environmental Risk: A Case Study of Climate Change and Flooding in Bangladesh (2006). Socio- economic vulnerability and adaptation to environmental risk; A case study of climate change and flooding in Bangladesh, Institute for ... R Brouwer,S Akter,L ...
The stock damages and value-added losses of both the continuous industrial impacts and the singular flooding are inserted into a regional econometric model. This is sectorally disaggregated in stock, value-added and investment functions. It is also calibrated in the very-long run (through to the...
Figure 6: Gross Domestic Product of Shenzhen ($bn) 2014 - 2017 Figure 7: Cities that will be worst effected by rising sea levels measured to 2050 Figure 8: 2 million protest in Hong Kong 2019 Figure 9: Bangladesh net inflow foreign direct investment ($bn) 2006 to 2017 ...
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