Typical patterns of smallholder vulnerability to weather extremes with regard to food security in the Peruvian Altiplano

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 489-505

  Sietz, Diana ^a,b   Choque, Sabino Edgar Mamani ^c   Lüdeke, Matthias K B ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER   (Peru)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c Centro de Investigación de Recursos Naturales y Medio Ambiente   (Peru)

Author keywords

Altiplano; Climate vulnerability; Cluster analysis; Drylands; Pattern approach; Peru; Tropical high mountains

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84865407975     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-011-0246-5     Document Type: Article

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