Examining the social consequences of extreme weather: The outcomes of the 1946/1947 winter in upland Wales, UK

Climatic Change

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-53

  Jones, C A ^a   Davies, S J ^a   Macdonald, N ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTREME WEATHER; LOCAL SCALE; SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES; URBAN COMMUNITY;

AGRICULTURE;

SNOW;

ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EXTREME EVENT; HISTORICAL RECORD; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LIVESTOCK FARMING; SNOW COVER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UPLAND REGION; URBAN POPULATION; VULNERABILITY; WEATHER; WINTER;

UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84862125398     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-012-0413-9     Document Type: Article

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