Bangladesh

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Fairness in Adaptation to Climate Change brings together scholars from political science, economics, law, human geography, and climate science to offer the first assessment of the social justice issues in adaptation to climate change. The book outlines

Disasters, vol. 24, issue 1:

This paper explores the experiences of female adolescents during the 1998 floods in Bangladesh, focusing on the implications of socio-cultural norms related to notions of honour, shame, purity and pollution.

Overall, the negative health impacts of global climate change are anticipated to significantly outweigh positive impacts. Furthermore, global climate change will continue for decades, even after the effective implementation of mitigation measures. By

The study on 'Flood Loss Reduction in Bangladesh' was carried out by the Institute of Flood Control and Drainage Research (IFCDR) of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) at the request of the Development Research and Policy Analysis

This project report from UNESCO provides details of the work completed under the “Educational materials for education for natural disaster preparedness in Asia-Pacific in the context of education for sustainable development” project. Details of the

ODI Briefing paper.

This briefing paper offers some provisional answers, drawing on the results of investigations at ODI on the economic and financial consequences of natural disasters in eight developing countries and droughts in Sub-Saharan Africa.

This draft report has been prepared by Environmental Resources Management on behalf of the Department for International Development. The objective of the report is to present a high-level, desk-based assessment of the economic costs of disasters, and of

The Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh is committed to the task of moving the disaster management emphasis in Bangladesh from a relief and response focus to a broader and more encompassing risk management framework.

This task can only be

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