Climate Change Adaptation Actions in Bangladesh

Part I. Climate Change Impacts

1. Climate Change: Global Perspectives
Rajib Shaw, Fuad Mallick, Aminul Islam

2. Climate Change Impacts, Scenario and Vulnerability of Bangladesh
Ainun Nishat, Nandan Mukherjee

3. Sea Level Rise and Its Impacts in Coastal Areas of Bangladesh
Ainun Nishat, Nandan Mukherjee

4. Urban Poverty, Climate Change and Health Risks for Slum Dwellers in Bangladesh
Sabina Faiz Rashid, Showkat Gani, Malabika Sarker

5. Integration of Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction and Social Protection in Bangladesh: Contemporary Views and Experiences
Aminul Islam, Abu Sumon

Part II. Strategy and Action Plan

6. National Adaptation Programme of Action
Aminul Islam, Rajib Shaw, Fuad Mallick

7. Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy and Action Plans
Aminul Islam, Rajib Shaw, Fuad Mallick

Part III. Socio-Economic Impacts

8. Multi Hazard Vulnerabilities of the Coastal Land of Bangladesh
Md. Golam Mahabub Sarwar, Aminul Islam

9. Equity and Justice Issues for Climate Change Adaptation in Water Resource Sector
Shamsun N. Ahmed, Aminul Islam

10. Gender and Climate Change: Impacts and Coping Mechanisms of Women and Special Vulnerable Groups
Md. Anwarul Abedin, Umma Habiba, Rajib Shaw

Part IV. Adaptive Actions

11. Agriculture Adaptation in Haor Basin
Abu Sumon, Aminul Islam

12. Agriculture Adaptation in Coastal Zone of Bangladesh
Md. Anwarul Abedin, Rajib Shaw

13. Livelihood Adaptation in the Drought Prone Areas of Bangladesh
Umma Habiba, Abu Wali Raghib Hassan, Rajib Shaw

14. Coastal Livelihood Adaptation in Changing Climate: Bangladesh Experience of NAPA Priority Project Implementation
Mesbahul Alam, Ronju Ahammad, Paramesh Nandy, Shahinur Rahman

15. Coastal Ecosystem Based Adaptation: Bangladesh Experience
Paramesh Nandy, Ronju Ahammad, Mesbahul Alam, Aminul Islam

16. Adaptation Technologies in Practice and Future Potentials in Bangladesh
M. Mokhlesur Rahman, Aminul Islam

17. Habitat and Infrastructures: A Localized Approach to Resilience
Fuad Mallick

18. Community Based Adaptation: Theory and Practice
A. K. M. Mamunur Rashid, Mizan R. Khan, Mizan R. Khan

Part V. Climate Change Governance

19. Bangladesh Climate Public Expenditure and Institutional Review
Mark O’Donnell, A. K. M. Mamunur Rashid, Paul Steele, Merylyn Hedger, Joyce Lee, K. M. Nabiul Islam, Tawhidul Islam, Rezai Karim Khondker, Siddiqur Rahman, Dipak Kumar Sarkar, Narayan Chandra Sinha

20. Planning “Exceptionalism”? Political Economy of Climate Resilient Development in Bangladesh
Khurshid Alam, Thomas Tanner, Md. Shamsuddoha, A. K. M. Mamunur Rashid, Moshahida Sultana, Muhammad Jahedul Huq, Sumaiya S. Kabir, Sifayet Ullah

Keywords: Earth Sciences, Earth System Sciences, Climate Change Management and Policy, Sustainable Development, Human Geography