Rural poverty driven soil degradation under climate change: The sensitivity of the disposition towards the Sahel Syndrome with respect to climate

Environmental Modeling and Assessment

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 315-326

  Ludeke M K B ^a   Moldenhauer, O ^a   Petschel Held, G ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change impact; Integrated modeling; Rural poverty; Soil degradation; Syndrome concept; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; DISEASES; FOOD SUPPLY; FORECASTING; FUZZY LOGIC; RURAL AREAS; SOILS;

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; INTEGRATED MODELING; RURAL POVERTY; SOIL DEGRADATION; SYNDROME CONCEPT; VULNERABILITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; FAMINE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; MALNUTRITION; POVERTY; RURAL AREA; SOIL DEGRADATION;

SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA];

EID: 0042214285     PISSN: 14202026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019032821703     Document Type: Article

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