| Main Title |
Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change in Bangladesh Processes, Assessment and Effects / [electronic resource] : |
| Type |
EBOOK |
| Author |
Younus, Md Aboul Fazal.
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| Publisher |
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, |
| Year Published |
2014 |
| Call Number |
GB3-5030 |
| ISBN |
9789400754942 |
| Subjects |
Geography ;
Geology ;
Physical geography ;
Agriculture
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| Internet Access |
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| Collation |
XXIII, 216 p. 60 illus., 54 illus. in color. online resource. |
| Notes |
Due to license restrictions, this resource is available to EPA employees and authorized contractors only |
| Contents Notes |
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. 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 questionnaire survey applied in the case study area 'Islampur' Upazila in Bangladesh. The study has four key approaches. First, it reviews the flood literature for Bangladesh from 1980 to 2014. Second, it examines farmers' crop adaptation processes in a case study area at Islampur, Bangladesh. Third, it assesses the vulnerability and adaptation (V & A) in response to three extreme flood events (EFEs). Fourth, the book assesses the economic consequences of failure effects of autonomous crop adaptation in response to EFEs. The results show that Bangladeshi farmers are highly resilient to EFEs, but the economic consequences of failure effects of autonomous crop adaptation (FEACA) on marginal farmers are large. The book contributes to current knowledge by filling three important research gaps as follows, 1) farmers' autonomous crop adaptation processes in response to various types of extreme floods; 2) methodological contribution for assessing vulnerability and adaptation through PRA; and 3) the economic consequences of the failure effects of autonomous crop adaptations. This book provides a good account of 'autonomous adaptation' and its impact on flood vulnerable communities in Bangladesh. Anyone wishing to fully understand the impact of climate change should read the book. Professor Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Laureate, Yunus Centre, Bangladesh |
| Place Published |
Dordrecht |
| Corporate Au Added Ent |
SpringerLink (Online service) |
| Title Ser Add Ent |
Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research, |
| Host Item Entry |
Springer eBooks |
| PUB Date Free Form |
2014 |
| Series Title Untraced |
Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research, |
| BIB Level |
m |
| Medium |
computer |
| Content |
text |
| Carrier |
online resource |
| Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
| OCLC Time Stamp |
20140701084541 |
| Language |
eng |
| Origin |
SPRINGER |
| Type |
EBOOK |
| OCLC Rec Leader |
03747nam a22004695i 45 |
