"A persistent truth"-reflections on drought risk management in Southern Africa

Weather, Climate, and Society

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-22

  Vogel, Coleen ^a   Koch, Ingrid ^a   Van Zyl, Koos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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EID: 84866182335     PISSN: 19488327     EISSN: 19488335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009WCAS1017.1     Document Type: Article

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