Bangladesh Confronts Climate Change - Keeping Our Heads Above Water

Severely threatened by climate change, Bangladesh is showing the world how to take an active role in adapting to this situation. Learning from its own experience in coping with floods and cyclones, Bangladesh is taking the lead in international climate change negotiations and attempting to persuade the industrialized world to curb emissions.

Sommario

1. Actors, not victims; 2. How will climate change hit Bangladesh; 3. Taking the lead in negotiations - and moving forward; 4. Sea level rise and the vulnerable coast, where farmers know more than engineers; 5. Saving lives with cyclone shelters; 6. Living with floods; 7. Agronomists keeping ahead of climate change; 8. No climate change migrants - yet; 9. How can the privatised megacity cope with climate change?; 10. Is climate change only a problem for the urban poor?; 11. Power - political, financial and electrical; 12. The front line of climate change; Index.

Info autore

By Manoj Roy, Joseph Hanlon and David Hulme

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Joseph Hanlon, Joseph Roy Hanlon, Hanlon Joseph, David Hulme, Manoj Roy, Manoj Hanlon Roy, Roy Manoj
• Editore: Anthem Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 21.11.2016
• EAN: 9781783086337
• ISBN: 978-1-78308-633-7
• Pagine: 190
• Serie: Anthem Climate Change and Poli; Anthem Climate Change and Policy Series; Climate Change: Science, Policy and Implementation
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Scienze naturali, tematiche generali; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change, Climate Change, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters & Disaster Relief, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Developing Countries, Aid & relief programmes, Social impact of disasters, Development Studies, Development economics and emerging economies, Social impact of disasters / accidents (natural or man-made)