Negotiating uncertainty: Jamaican small farmers ' adaptation and coping strategies, before and after hurricanes - A case study of Hurricane Dean

Sustainability

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1366-1387

  Campbell, Donovan ^a   Beckford, Clinton ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Coping strategies; Food security; Hurricanes; St. Elizabeth

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649443440     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su1041366     Document Type: Article

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