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5 - Adapting to Sea-Level Rise in the Indian Ocean

The Cases of India and Bangladesh

from Part II - Vulnerable Islands and Coasts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2019

Paul G. Harris
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Education University of Hong Kong
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Climate Change and Ocean Governance
Politics and Policy for Threatened Seas
, pp. 75 - 89
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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