Climate change and poverty in Nigeria

Regional Development Dialogue

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 54-80

  Agbola, Babatunde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

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Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE EFFECT; DISASTER; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; VULNERABILITY;

NIGERIA;

EID: 80053293429     PISSN: 02506505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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