Bangladesh : Climate Change and Sustainable Development

Bangladesh : Climate Change and Sustainable Development

The study examines Bangladesh's extreme vulnerability to climate change, whose low-lying topography, and funnel-shaped coast, further exposes the land to cyclones, and tidal surges, resulting in seasonal floods. These factors, and the large po...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Pre-2003 Economic or Sector Report
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ABATEMENT AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AGRICULTURE BALANCE OF PAYMENTS BANK EROSION BASINS BEACHES BIODIVERSITY CAPITAL GOODS CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION CLIMATE CHANGES CLIMATE SENSITIVITY CLIMATE VARIABILITY COASTAL AREAS COASTAL STORMS COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT COASTS COMMUNICABLE DISEASES CONSERVATION CROPS DAMS DEBT DEEPWATER DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DISASTERS DISCHARGE DRAINAGE DRAINAGE CHANNELS DREDGING DRY SEASON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC PROBLEMS ECOSYSTEMS EMISSIONS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ESTUARIES FERTILIZATION FISH FISHERIES FLOOD CONTROL FLOOD LEVELS FLOOD PLAINS FLOODING FLOODPLAINS FLOODS FORESTS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE FRESH WATER FRUITS GCM GDP GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL GLOBAL WARMING GNP GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT GROUNDWATER RECHARGE HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT ILLITERACY IMPORTS INCOME INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE IPCC IRRIGATION LABOR FORCE LAND USE LAWS LIFE EXPECTANCY LOCAL WATER MANAGEMENT LOGGING MALARIA MALNUTRITION MANGROVES MEASLES MITIGATION MORTALITY NATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES PARASITIC DISEASES POLICY MAKERS POTENTIAL IMPACTS PRECIPITATION PRESENT VALUE PRIVATE CONSUMPTION PRIVATE SECTOR PROGRAMS PUBLIC WORKS RAINFALL REMOTE SENSING RESOURCES MANAGEMENT RESTORATION RIVER BASINS RIVERS RUNOFF SAFE WATER SALINE WATER INTRUSION SALINITY SEA LEVEL RISE SEDIMENT SEDIMENTS SNOW MELT SOIL SULFUR DIOXIDE SURFACE WATER SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE CHANGE TERMS OF TRADE TOPOGRAPHY WATER AVAILABILITY WATER DEVELOPMENT WATER MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES WATER USE WETLAND AREAS WETLANDS WINDS CLIMATIC CHANGE CLIMATE IMPACTS ASSESSMENT NATURAL DISASTERS POVERTY INCIDENCE INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY DRAINAGE SYSTEMS WATER SUPPLY & SANITATION ECOLOGICAL BALANCE MORPHOLOGY POLITICAL POWER PLANNING METHODS INFORMATION POLICY INFORMATION SCIENCE RESEARCH POLICY REFORM INTEGRATED SYSTEMS CENTRAL-LOCAL GOVERNMENT RELATIONS COASTAL RESOURCES AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IRRIGATION SYSTEMS HEALTH CARE BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION MONITORING & EVALUATION CAPACITY BUILDING
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/12/1047483/bangladesh-climate-change-sustainable-development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15706

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/12/1047483/bangladesh-climate-change-sustainable-development
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15706

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