The rains are disappointing us: Dynamic vulnerability and adaptation to multiple stressors in the Afram Plains, Ghana

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 317-337

  Westerhoff, Lisa ^a   Smit, Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Afram plains; Africa; Agriculture; Community; Food security; Ghana; Vulnerability; Water

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FOOD SECURITY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; VULNERABILITY;

AFRAM PLAINS; AFRICA; EASTERN REGION [GHANA]; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 62449217912     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-008-9166-1     Document Type: Article

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