Barbara Neumann, Athanasios T. Vafeidis, Juliane Zimmermann, Robert J. Nicholls
Coastal zones are exposed to a range of coastal hazards including sea-level rise with its related effects. At the same time, they are more densely populated than the hinterland and exhibit higher rates of population growth and urbanisation. As this trend is expected to continue into the future, we i...
Robert J. Nicholls, Craig W. Hutton, W. Neil Adger, Susan Hanson et al.
This book shares the experience of developing a systematic approach for a large multi-disciplinary project on ecosystem services in coastal Bangladesh
P. G. Whitehead, Emily Barbour, Martyn N. Futter, Sananda Sarkar et al.
The potential impacts of climate change and socio-economic change on flow and water quality in rivers worldwide is a key area of interest. The Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) is one of the largest river basins in the world serving a population of over 650 million, and is of vital concern to India an...
Abiy S. Kebede, Robert J. Nicholls, Andrew Allan, Iñaki Arto et al.
project with the purpose of exploring migration and adaptation in three deltas across West Africa and South Asia: (i) the Volta delta (Ghana), (ii) the Mahanadi delta (India), and (iii) the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) delta (Bangladesh/India). Using a climate scenario that encompasses a wide ran...
Andrés Payo, Anirban Mukhopadhyay, Sugata Hazra, Tuhin Ghosh et al.
The Sundarbans mangrove ecosystem, located in India and Bangladesh, is recognized as a global priority for biodiversity conservation and is an important provider of ecosystem services such as numerous goods and protection against storm surges. With global mean sea-level rise projected as up to 0.98 ...
Munsur Rahman, Maruf Dustegir, Rezaul Karim, Anisul Haque et al.
The physical sustainability of deltaic environments is very much dependent on the volume of water and sediment coming from upstream and the way these fluxes recirculate within the delta system. Based on several past studies, the combined mean annual sediment load of the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GB...
Attila N. Lázár, D. Clarke, Helen Adams, Abdur Akanda et al.
Coastal Bangladesh experiences significant poverty and hazards today and is highly vulnerable to climate and environmental change over the coming decades. Coastal stakeholders are demanding information to assist in the decision making processes, including simulation models to explore how different i...
Robert J. Nicholls, Craig W. Hutton, Attila N. Lázár, Andrew Allan et al.
Deltas provide diverse ecosystem services and benefits for their populations. At the same time, deltas are also recognised as one of the most vulnerable coastal environments, with a range of drivers operating at multiple scales, from global climate change and sea-level rise to deltaic-scale subsiden...
M. Nicholl, S. J. Smartt, A. Jerkstrand, S. A. Sim et al.
Americanae nace como un proyecto conjunto que surge dentro de la Red Europea de Información y Documentación sobre América Latina (REDIAL), y que ha afrontado la Biblioteca de la Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID). Esta nueva biblioteca virtual hace más accesible...
C. Inserra, S. J. Smartt, Erwin Gáll, G. Leloudas et al.
We present two hydrogen-rich superluminous supernovae (SLSNe): SN2103hx and PS15br. These objects, together with SN2008es, are the only SLSNe showing a distinct, broad H α feature during the photospheric phase; also, they show no sign of strong interaction between fast moving ejecta and circumstella...
P. G. Whitehead, Sananda Sarkar, Li Jin, Martyn N. Futter et al.
This study investigates the potential impacts of future climate and socio-economic change on the flow and nitrogen fluxes of the Ganga river system. This is the first basin scale water quality study for the Ganga considering climate change at 25 km resolution together with socio-economic scenarios. ...
Md. Munsur Rahman, Tuhin Ghosh, Mashfiqus Salehin, Amit Ghosh et al.
Abstract The Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) Delta and its catchment area are shared between five countries which means that the delta is strongly influenced by neighbouring country’s water and sediment management decisions in addition to climatic, environmental and internal management. Delta admini...
P. G. Whitehead, Li Jin, Ian Macadam, Tamara Janes et al.
The Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) River System, the associated Hooghly River and the Mahanadi River System represent the largest river basins in the world serving a population of over 780 million. The rivers are of vital concern to India and Bangladesh as they provide fresh water for people, agricu...
W Cairns S Smith, Alison Anderson, Stephen G Withington, Wim H. van Brakel et al.
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether addition of low dose prednisolone to multidrug treatment can prevent reaction and nerve function impairment in leprosy. DESIGN: Multicentre, double blind, randomised, placebo controlled, parallel group trial. SETTING: Six centres in Bangladesh and Nepal. PARTICIPANTS:...
RICHARD P. CROFT, Jan Hendrik Richardus, Peter Nicholls, W. Cairns S. Smith
The Bangladesh Acute Nerve Damage Study (BANDS) is a prospective cohort study designed to investigate epidemiological, diagnostic, therapeutic and operational aspects of acute nerve function impairment in leprosy. The study is based at a single centre in Bangladesh, in an area with a high prevalence...