Famine intensity and magnitude scales: A proposal for an instrumental definition of famine

Disasters

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 353-372

  Howe, Paul ^a   Devereux, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accountability; Famine definitions; Food insecurity; Response

Indexed keywords

FAMINE; FOOD SECURITY; FOOD SUPPLY; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 10944251611     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0361-3666.2004.00263.x     Document Type: Article

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