Household access to capital and its effects on drought adaptation and migration: A case study of rural Alberta in the 1930s

Population and Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-26

  Gilbert, Genevieve ^a   McLeman, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian Prairies; Climate adaptation; Drought; Great Depression; Migration

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE EFFECT; DROUGHT; FINANCIAL CRISIS; GREAT DEPRESSION; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; MIGRATION; RURAL AREA; RURAL HISTORY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

EID: 77956177818     PISSN: 01990039     EISSN: 15737810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11111-010-0112-2     Document Type: Article

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