The perception of Nepal's Tharu community in regard to climate change and its impacts on their livelihoods

International Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 937-946

  Devkota, Rohini Prasad ^a   Bajracharya, Babina ^b   Maraseni, Tek Narayan ^a   Cockfield, Geoff ^a   Upadhyay, Bidur Prasad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Climate change; Indigenous people; Livelihood; Precipitation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FOCUS GROUPS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LIVELIHOOD; PRIMARY DATA;

AGRICULTURE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84856971839     PISSN: 00207233     EISSN: 10290400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207233.2011.587282     Document Type: Article

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