Overview
- Analyses the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta in Bangladesh to explore the future of ecosystem services and associated human livelihoods
- Provides a conceptual framework to identify mechanisms linking physical processes (including climate change) with ecosystem services and social outcomes
- Presents a comprehensive overview of an Ecosystems Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) funded interdisciplinary project
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Table of contents (30 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Research Highlights and Framework
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Present Status of the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Delta
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About this book
This book answers key questions about environment, people and their shared future in deltas. It develops a systematic and holistic approach for policy-orientated analysis for the future of these regions. It does so by focusing on ecosystem services in the world’s largest, most populous and most iconic delta region, that of the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta in Bangladesh. The book covers the conceptual basis, research approaches and challenges, while also providing a methodology for integration across multiple disciplines, offering a potential prototype for assessments of deltas worldwide.
Ecosystem Services for Well-Being in Deltas analyses changing ecosystem services in deltas; the health and well-being of people reliant on them; the continued central role of agriculture and fishing; and the implications of aquaculture in such environments.The analysis is brought together in an integrated and accessible way to examine the future of the Ganges Brahmaputra delta based on anear decade of research by a team of the world’s leading scientists on deltas and their human and environmental dimensions.
This book is essential reading for students and academics within the fields of Environmental Geography, Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy focused on solving the world’s most critical challenges of balancing humans with their environments.
This book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Robert J. Nicholls is Professor of Coastal Engineering within Engineering and the Environment at the University of Southampton, UK
Craig W. Hutton is Principal Research Fellow within Geography and Environment at the University of Southampton, UK
W. Neil Adger is Professor of Human Geography at the University of Exeter, UK
Susan E. Hanson is Research Fellow within Engineering and the Environment at the University of Southampton, UK
Munsur Rahman is a Professor in the Institute of Water and Flood Management, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
Mashfiqus Salehin is a Professor in the Institute of Water and Flood Management, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Ecosystem Services for Well-Being in Deltas
Book Subtitle: Integrated Assessment for Policy Analysis
Editors: Robert J. Nicholls, Craig W. Hutton, W. Neil Adger, Susan E. Hanson, Md. Munsur Rahman, Mashfiqus Salehin
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71093-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-71092-1Published: 15 June 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-10011-7Published: 08 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-71093-8Published: 29 May 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: L, 593
Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations, 133 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environmental Geography, Environmental Policy, Environmental Management, Sustainable Development, Natural Resources