A people‐centred perspective on climate change, environmental stress, and livelihood resilience in Bangladesh

Sustainability Science - Tập 11 Số 4 - Trang 679-694 - 2016
Sonja Ayeb‐Karlsson1, Kees van der Geest1, Iftikhar Ahmed2, Saleemul Huq2, Koko Warner1
1United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), Bonn, Germany
2International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) Dhaka, Bangladesh

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