Misreading the Bengal Delta : climate change, development, and livelihoods in coastal Bangladesh

Misreading the Bengal Delta climate change, development, and livelihoods in coastal Bangladesh

"Key global players increasingly politicize discussion of climatic change. This is especially evident in regard to Bangladesh, much of which is perilously close to sea level and vulnerable to flooding, and which has long been the recipient of various development schemes for "poverty reduct...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Dewan, Camelia, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Seattle : University of Washington Press 2021
[2021]
Colección:Culture, place, and nature.
Materias:
Climatic changes > Social aspects > Bangladesh.
Climatic changes > Economic aspects > Bangladesh.
Economic development > Environmental aspects > Bangladesh.
Bangladesh > Environmental conditions.
climate change; development; Coastal Bangladesh
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009635439506719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of abbreviations
  • Introduction : climate reductive translations In development
  • Simplifying embankments
  • Translating climate change
  • Assembling fish, shrimp, and suffering in a saltwater village
  • Entangling rice, soil, and strength in a freshwater village
  • Surviving inequality
  • Conclusion : misreading climate change.

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