| DOI: | 10.1016/j.crm.2013.10.001
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| Scopus记录号: | 2-s2.0-84901504678
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| 论文题名: | Bangladesh's dynamic coastal regions and sea-level rise |
| 作者: | Brammer H.
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| 刊名: | Climate Risk Management
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| ISSN: | 22120963
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| 出版年: | 2014
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| 卷: | 1 | | 起始页码: | 51
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| 结束页码: | 62
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| 语种: | 英语
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| 英文关键词: | Bangladesh
; Delta
; Meghna estuary
; Polder
; Sea-level rise
; Subsidence
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| 英文摘要: | The physical geography of Bangladesh's coastal area is more diverse and dynamic than is generally recognised. Failure to recognise this has led to serious misconceptions about the potential impacts of a rising sea-level on Bangladesh with global warming. This situation has been aggravated by accounts giving incorrect information on current rates of coastal erosion and land subsidence. This paper describes physical conditions within individual physiographic regions in Bangladesh's coastal area based on ground-surveyed information, and it reviews possible area-specific mitigation measures to counter predicted rates of sea-level rise in the 21st century. Two important conclusions are drawn: the adoption of appropriate measures based on knowledge of the physical geography of potentially-affected areas could significantly reduce the currently-predicted displacement of many millions of people and the impacts of a slowly-rising sea-level are currently much less than those generated by rapidly increasing population pressure on Bangladesh's available land and water resources and by exposure to existing environmental hazards, and the latter problems need priority attention. © 2013 The Author. |
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| 资源类型: | 期刊论文
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| 标识符: | http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/59085
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| Appears in Collections: | 气候变化与战略
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作者单位: | 37, Kingsway Court, Hove, East Sussex BN3 2LP, United Kingdom
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Brammer H.. Bangladesh's dynamic coastal regions and sea-level rise[J]. Climate Risk Management,2014-01-01,1
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