An empirical application of the security diagram to assess the vulnerability of India to climatic stress

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Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 199-219

  Acosta Michlik, Lilibeth ^a   Eierdanz, Frank ^b   Alcamo, Joseph ^b   Krömker, Dörthe ^b   Galli, Fausto ^c   Klein, Richard J T ^d   Kumar, K S Kavi ^e   Campe, Sabine ^f   Carius, Alexander ^g   Tänzler, Dennis ^g  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^d STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e MADRAS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (India)

^f FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^g Adelphi Research GGmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Climate change; Drought; Globalisation; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GLOBALIZATION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; VULNERABILITY;

ANDHRA PRADESH; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33847017743     PISSN: 00139998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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