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003			Central Library, Khulna University
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020			_a9789845064101 _qHardcover
040			_cCentral Library, Khulna University
041			_2eng
082			_a338.95492 _bDEM
100			_aDewan, Camelia _eAuthor
245			_aMisreading the Bengal Delta : _bClimate Change, Development, and Livelihoods in Coastal​ Bangladesh / _cby Camelia Dewan
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aDhaka : _bUniversity Press Limited, _cc2021 [2023].
300			_axxiii, 224 p. : _bill., maps ; _c24 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505	0		_aclimate reductive translations In development
505			_aSimplifying embankments
505			_aTranslating climate change
505			_aAssembling fish, shrimp, and suffering in a saltwater village
505			_aEntangling rice, soil, and strength in a freshwater village
505			_aSurviving inequality
505			_aConclusion : misreading climate change.
520			_a"Key global players increasingly politicize discussion of climatic change. This is especially evident in regard to Bangladesh, much of which is perilously close to sea level and vulnerable to flooding, and which has long been the recipient of various development schemes for "poverty reduction" or "progress" to justify interventions in its environment and society. Some of these projects have resulted in severe, often unintended, environmental effects, such as silting of waterbodies that are surrounded by embankments; biodiversity loss and weakening of the sea walls (which protect against floods) resulting from tiger-prawn monoculture; and loss of soil fertility in intensive agriculture. Camelia Dewan utilizes ethnography and environmental history to highlight flawed assumptions of international development projects in Bangladesh, which often misread the coastal landscape by attributing causality solely to climate change. Examination of multiple and often conflicting perspectives-from poor rural coastal populations, middle-class elites, political actors, and NGO staff-shows how, since the colonial era, Bangladesh has endured intrusions, and how its current environmental crisis goes beyond global warming. This case study informs broader issues worldwide by documenting how the idea of climate change shapes development projects in the Global South, and the extent to which these endeavors correspond with the problems and concerns of populations they are intended to help. This provocative study will be welcomed by readers in the fields of environmental anthropology, human geography, and development studies."
650			_aClimatic changes _xSocial aspects _zBangladesh
650			_aClimatic changes _xEconomic aspects
650			_aEconomic development _xEnvironmental aspects _zBangladesh
650			_aCoastal settlements _zBangladesh
650			_aCoastal ecology _zBangladesh
650			_aEnvironmental conditions. _zBangladesh
700			_aSivaramakrishnan, K.
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