Roy, Manoj; Hanlon, Joseph and Hulme, David (2016). Bangladesh Confronts Climate Change: Keeping Our Heads Above Water. Anthem Climate Change and Policy Series. London: Anthem Press.
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Abstract
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 population growth; land is being raised to respond to sea level rise. Bangladeshis will keep their heads above water, but at huge costs. Will the industrialised countries curb their greenhouse gas emissions and pay for the damage they have already done?
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| ISBN: | 1-78308-632-7, 978-1-78308-632-0 | ||||||||||||
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| Keywords: | Bangladesh; climate change; cyclones; floods; rice; DFID; coast; loss and damage; dykes; sea level | ||||||||||||
| Academic Unit/School: | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Politics, Philosophy, Economics, Development, Geography > Development Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Politics, Philosophy, Economics, Development, Geography Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) |
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| Research Group: | Innovation, Knowledge & Development research centre (IKD) | ||||||||||||
| Item ID: | 47671 | ||||||||||||
| Depositing User: | Joseph Hanlon | ||||||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 26 Oct 2016 08:44 | ||||||||||||
| Last Modified: | 29 Jun 2018 13:23 | ||||||||||||
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/47671 | ||||||||||||
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