Overview
- Offers a major collection of articles on Bangladesh chars
- Has a multidisciplinary, global team of authors
- Examines potentials of chars from a development perspective
Part of the book series: Springer Geography (SPRINGERGEOGR)
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Within this context, the book Living on the Edge: Char Dwellers in Bangladesh has brought together valuable scholarship on the diverse issues relating to the chars and the communities living in there. This comprehensive collection, with contribution of experts on the subject from across the globe, provides an understanding of the problems faced by the char dwellers and also comes up with policy prescriptions for ensuring overall welfare of char communities in the country.
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Table of contents (26 chapters)
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Introduction
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Chars in Bangladesh: The Geo-Physical Context
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Flood and Erosion Disasters: Co** Strategies and Survival
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Mustafa Alam, a Professor (Retired) in Economics, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, has a rich background in research on issues relating to integrated water resources management. He participated as a professional team member in several Flood Action Plan study components in Bangladesh, where hisinvolvement in the multidisciplinary Charland Study figured prominently. Prof. Alam gained valuable experience about char life in the country through this study, whereby he carried out extensive fieldwork in numerous chars spread around all the major river systems of the country. Apart from miscellaneous reports he produced on issues relating to chars in Bangladesh, he has a number of valuable publications to his credit on the subject. Given this background, Prof. Alam’s role as an editor of this volume certainly adds value to the discourses contained in it.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Living on the Edge
Book Subtitle: Char Dwellers in Bangladesh
Editors: Mohammad Zaman, Mustafa Alam
Series Title: Springer Geography
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73592-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-73591-3Published: 28 July 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-73594-4Published: 29 July 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-73592-0Published: 27 July 2021
Series ISSN: 2194-315X
Series E-ISSN: 2194-3168
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXIV, 450
Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations, 104 illustrations in colour
Topics: Geography, general, Environment, general, Ecology, Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns), Cultural Geography