Reducing vulnerability to climate variability in southern Africa: The growing role of climate information

Climatic Change

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 63-73

  Dilley, Maxx ^a,b  

^a UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CLIMATE; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORECASTING; SEASONALITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; VULNERABILITY;

AFRICA;

EID: 0034120305     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005636932536     Document Type: Article

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