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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Seattle
University of Washington Press
2021, 2021
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| Series: | Culture, place, and nature
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 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
- Includes bibliographical references