@inbook{09b57bf576ad4735a1e5204b218cf342,
title = "Drought scenario in Bangladesh",
abstract = "All over the world, Bangladesh is well known as a flood- And cycloneaffected country. But in the recent years the slow onset disaster of drought is more frequent in Bangladesh due to climatic as well as nonclimatic variability. As a consequence, agriculture along with its dependent farmers' livelihoods tremendously experience its adverse impacts. Therefore, the main focus of this chapter is to discuss about drought, its effects on different sectors, and how in different levels a number of drought risk management actions are carried out to cope with this insidious disaster in the context of Bangladesh.",
keywords = "Agriculture, Drought, Livelihood, Northwest Bangladesh, Rainfall variability",
author = "Umma Habiba and Rajib Shaw",
year = "2013",
doi = "10.1108/S2040-7262(2013)0000013016",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781781908822",
series = "Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management",
publisher = "Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.",
pages = "213--245",
booktitle = "Water Insecurity",
}