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Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change for Bangladesh, Hardcover by H.... Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change for Bangladesh, Hardcover by Huq, Saleemul (EDT); Karim, Z. (EDT); Asaduzzaman, M. (EDT); Mahtab, F. (EDT), ISBN 0792355369, ISBN-13 9780792355366, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Draws from a major 1996 study conducted jointly by the US and Bangladesh governments, and other studies, both previous and subsequent, on the impacts of the changing climate on development in the impoverished Asian country and measures to alleviate them. Focuses on the integral elements of greenhouse gas emission inventory, vulnerability and adaptation assessment, mitigation assessment, and dissemination and awareness raising. Seven sub-components were projected for the study, but only four were completed and are presented here: scenario development, agriculture, the coastal zone, and water resources. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.