Assessing the susceptibility of societies to droughts: A political science perspective

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 161-172

  Taenzler, Dennis ^a   Carius, Alexander ^a   Maas, Achim ^a  

^a Adelphi Research GGmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Crisis; Drought; Environmental stress; Political system; Security; State; State capacity; State failure; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 56049125674     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-008-0067-3     Document Type: Article

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