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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Md Aboul Fazal YounusPublisher: Springer Imprint: Springer Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 3.693kg ISBN: 9789402400557ISBN 10: 9402400559 Pages: 216 Publication Date: 23 August 2016 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand ![]() We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroductory Background and Statement of the Problems.- Research Methodology.- Floods in Bangladesh: Nature, History, Research, Causes and Types.- Household Information in the Case Study Area.- Crop Adjustment Processes to Extreme Floods.- Community-Based Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment: Informing the Future by Understanding the Past.- Failure Effects of Autonomous Adaptation.- Conclusion and Recommendations.ReviewsThis book from Md Aboul Fazal Younus ... focuses on climate change vulnerability and adaptation. ... The book is recommended for practitioners and researchers on climate change, with a particular focus on vulnerability and adaptation but it will also interest practitioners and policy-makers engaged in developing the plans and programmes at regional and national level. The specific case of the Bangladesh communities studies provide primary data for those engaged on the topic. (Rocio A. Diaz-Chavez, Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management, Vol. 17 (2), June, 2015) This is the first published study in the last half century to focus comprehensively on community input to the assessment of climate change vulnerability and adaptation in Bangladesh. ... An essential read for policy makers in this area, Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change in Bangladesh. Processes, Assessment and Effects is a critical and pioneering text for those interested in long-term patterns of significant climate change events and human responses to those events. (Jennie Shaw, Climate Policy, March, 2015) This book from Md Aboul Fazal Younus ... focuses on climate change vulnerability and adaptation. ... The book is recommended for practitioners and researchers on climate change, with a particular focus on vulnerability and adaptation but it will also interest practitioners and policy-makers engaged in developing the plans and programmes at regional and national level. The specific case of the Bangladesh communities studies provide primary data for those engaged on the topic. (Rocio A. Diaz-Chavez, Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management, Vol. 17 (2), June, 2015) This is the first published study in the last half century to focus comprehensively on community input to the assessment of climate change vulnerability and adaptation in Bangladesh. ... An essential read for policy makers in this area, Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change in Bangladesh. Processes, Assessment and Effects is a critical and pioneering text for those interested in long-term patterns of significant climate change events and human responses to those events. (Jennie Shaw, Climate Policy, March, 2015) This book from Md Aboul Fazal Younus ... focuses on climate change vulnerability and adaptation. ... The book is recommended for practitioners and researchers on climate change, with a particular focus on vulnerability and adaptation but it will also interest practitioners and policy-makers engaged in developing the plans and programmes at regional and national level. The specific case of the Bangladesh communities studies provide primary data for those engaged on the topic. (Rocio A. Diaz-Chavez, Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management, Vol. 17 (2), June, 2015) This is the first published study in the last half century to focus comprehensively on community input to the assessment of climate change vulnerability and adaptation in Bangladesh. ... An essential read for policy makers in this area, Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change in Bangladesh. Processes, Assessment and Effects is a critical and pioneering text for those interested in long-term patterns of significant climate change events and human responses to those events. (Jennie Shaw, Climate Policy, March, 2015) Author InformationDr Younus, Fellow of Adelaide University, Australia, is a pioneer researcher who has been working on V&A issues with some World authorities: Professors K B Rasheed, Q K Ahmad, Nick Harvey, Martin Williams, Munir Morad, and Richard Warrick since 1994. Dr Younus taught several courses: Environmental Studies: Climate Change and Human Adaptation, Environmental Decision Making Tools, Cities as Human Environments, and Research Project Design and Management in Flinders School of the Environment, Australia; has presented many papers in international conferences in the UK, the USA, Australia, Finland, Norway, and Bangladesh; and published many articles in international scientific journals. He is a member of the Institute of Australian Geographers, ISEE and Australia New Zealand Society for Ecological Economics (ANZSEE), Bangladesh Geographical Society (BGS), Bangladesh National Geographical Association (BNGA) and Bangla Academy. 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