Community perceptions and adaptation to climate change in coastal Bangladesh
This research examines local understandings and perceptions of climate change in two coastal villages in Southwest Bangladesh. Based on a combination of survey data and ethnographic field research, it shows how the livelihoods of the inhabitants of the two villages have been affected by various dev...
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Curtin University
2014
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| author | Rahman, Mokhlesur M. |
| author_facet | Rahman, Mokhlesur M. |
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| description | This research examines local understandings and perceptions of climate change in two coastal villages in Southwest Bangladesh. Based on a combination of survey data and ethnographic field research, it shows how the livelihoods of the inhabitants of the two villages have been affected by various development interventions in the past, more recent changes in local weather patterns and their adaptation to these changes.These adaptive responses are shown to fall within a resilience framework. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-6722017-02-20T06:41:52Z Community perceptions and adaptation to climate change in coastal Bangladesh Rahman, Mokhlesur M. This research examines local understandings and perceptions of climate change in two coastal villages in Southwest Bangladesh. Based on a combination of survey data and ethnographic field research, it shows how the livelihoods of the inhabitants of the two villages have been affected by various development interventions in the past, more recent changes in local weather patterns and their adaptation to these changes.These adaptive responses are shown to fall within a resilience framework. 2014 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/672 en Curtin University fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Rahman, Mokhlesur M. Community perceptions and adaptation to climate change in coastal Bangladesh |
| title | Community perceptions and adaptation to climate change in coastal Bangladesh |
| title_full | Community perceptions and adaptation to climate change in coastal Bangladesh |
| title_fullStr | Community perceptions and adaptation to climate change in coastal Bangladesh |
| title_full_unstemmed | Community perceptions and adaptation to climate change in coastal Bangladesh |
| title_short | Community perceptions and adaptation to climate change in coastal Bangladesh |
| title_sort | community perceptions and adaptation to climate change in coastal bangladesh |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/672 |