The challenge of validating vulnerability estimates: The option of media content analysis for identifying drought-related crises

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 187-195

  Tänzler, Dennis ^a   Feil, Moira ^a   Krömker, Dörthe ^b   Eierdanz, Frank ^b  

^a Adelphi Research GGmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crisis; Drought; Environmental stress; Media analysis; Security; Susceptibility; Wealth

Indexed keywords

EID: 56049092519     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-008-0064-6     Document Type: Article

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