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Research Articles

Adaptation outcomes in climate-vulnerable locations: understanding how short-term climate actions exacerbated existing gender inequities in coastal Bangladesh

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Pages 2691-2712 | Received 16 Aug 2021, Accepted 17 May 2022, Published online: 20 Jun 2022

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