Climate change, poverty and livelihoods: Adaptation practices by rural mountain communities in Nepal

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 21, Issue , 2012, Pages 24-34

  Gentle, Popular ^a   Maraseni, Tek Narayan ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Livelihoods; Mountain; Nepal; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGRICULTURE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VULNERABILITY AND CAPACITY ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY LIVING; COPING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NEPAL; POVERTY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL ASPECT; WEATHER; WELLBEING;

EID: 84860159669     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2012.03.007     Document Type: Article

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