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  • Bangladesh Confronts Climate Change

    Keeping Our Heads above Water

    by Joseph Hanlon, Manoj Roy, David Hulme ...
    Series series Anthem Climate Change and Policy Series
    Bangladesh is one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change – but it is also a country that is capable of coping. Far from being a victim, Bangladesh has lessons for activists, scientists, government and donor officials and concerned citizens who want to know what climate change looks like and how to respond to it.This densely populated country feeds itself because it is in a rich delta. ... Read more

    $18.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Urban Poverty and Climate Change

    Life in the slums of Asia, Africa and Latin America

    Edited by Manoj Roy, Sally Cawood, Michaela Hordijk, David Hulme ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Climate Change Research
    This book deepens the understanding of the broader processes that shape and mediate the responses to climate change of poor urban households and communities in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Representing an important contribution to the evolution of more effective pro-poor climate change policies in urban areas by local governments, national governments and international organisations, this book ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Bangladesh Confronts Climate Change

    Keeping Our Heads above Water

    by Joseph Hanlon, Manoj Roy, David Hulme ...
    Series series Anthem Climate Change and Policy Series
    Bangladesh is one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change – but it is also a country that is capable of coping. Far from being a victim, Bangladesh has lessons for activists, scientists, government and donor officials and concerned citizens who want to know what climate change looks like and how to respond to it.This densely populated country feeds itself because it is in a rich delta. ... Read more

    $18.89 USD

  • Bangladesh Confronts Climate Change

    Keeping Our Heads above Water

    by Joseph Hanlon, Manoj Roy, David Hulme ...
    Series Book 1 - Climate Change: Science, Policy and Implementation
    Living in a low-lying and densely populated country on the front line of climate change, Bangladeshis are taking a lead in adapting to rising temperatures and campaigning to limit climate change. Global warming will worsen this country's existing environmental problems – causing a rise in sea level, more flooding and stronger, more damaging cyclones.Bangladeshis know what is coming, and how to ... Read more

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  • The Dragon's Gift:The Real Story of China in Africa

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