Misreading the Bengal Delta : Climate Change, Development, and Livelihoods in Coastal Bangladesh (Record no. 34098)
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| control field | https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/72236 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20220219180628.0 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780295749600 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780295749617 |
| 041 0# - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | English |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE | |
| Authentication code | dc |
| 072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE | |
| Subject category code | RNPG |
| Source | bicssc |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Dewan, Camelia |
| Relationship | auth |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Misreading the Bengal Delta : Climate Change, Development, and Livelihoods in Coastal Bangladesh |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | University of Washington Press |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2021 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 electronic resource (240 p.) |
| 506 0# - RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS NOTE | |
| Terms governing access | Open Access |
| Source of term | star |
| Standardized terminology for access restriction | Unrestricted online access |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "Open access edition: DOI 10.6069/9780295749624 Perilously close to sea level and vulnerable to floods, erosion, and cyclones, Bangladesh is one of the top recipients of development aid earmarked for climate change adaptation. Yet, to what extent do adaptation projects address local needs and concerns? Combining environmental history and ethnographic fieldwork with development professionals, rural farmers, and landless women, Misreading the Bengal Delta critiques development narratives of Bangladesh as a “climate change victim.” It examines how development actors repackage colonial-era modernizing projects, which have caused severe environmental effects, as climate-adaptation solutions. Seawalls meant to mitigate against cyclones and rising sea levels instead silt up waterways and induce drainage-related flooding. Other adaptation projects, from saline aquaculture to high-yield agriculture, threaten soil fertility, biodiversity, and livelihoods. Bangladesh’s environmental crisis goes beyond climate change, extending to coastal vulnerabilities that are entwined with underemployment, debt, and the lack of universal healthcare. This timely book analyzes how development actors create flawed causal narratives linking their interventions in the environment and society of the Global South to climate change. Ultimately, such misreadings risk exacerbating climatic threats and structural inequalities. Misreading the Bengal Delta is available in an open access edition through the Sustainable History Monograph Pilot, thanks to the generous support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation." |
| 536 ## - FUNDING INFORMATION NOTE | |
| Text of note | Andrew W. Mellon Foundation |
| 540 ## - TERMS GOVERNING USE AND REPRODUCTION NOTE | |
| Terms governing use and reproduction | Creative Commons |
| Use and reproduction rights | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
| Source of term | cc |
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| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Language note | English |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Climate change |
| Source of heading or term | bicssc |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | climate change; development; Coastal Bangladesh |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Host name | www.oapen.org |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/50931/2/9780295749624.epub">https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/50931/2/9780295749624.epub</a> |
| Access status | 0 |
| Public note | DOAB: download the publication |
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| Host name | www.oapen.org |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/72236">https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/72236</a> |
| Access status | 0 |
| Public note | DOAB: description of the publication |
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