Drought vulnerability assessment: The case of wheat farmers in Western Iran

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 98-99, Issue , 2012, Pages 122-130

  Zarafshani, Kiumars ^a   Sharafi, Lida ^a   Azadi, Hossein ^b   Hosseininia, Gholamhossein ^c   De Maeyer, Philippe ^b   Witlox, Frank ^b  

^a RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Coping strategy; Drought intensity; Vulnerability; Western Iran; Wheat farmers

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGIES; CRISIS MANAGEMENT; DROUGHT MANAGEMENT; FACE-TO-FACE INTERVIEW; MIDDLE EAST; MULTI-STAGE; POLICY MAKERS; STRATIFIED RANDOM SAMPLING; VULNERABILITY; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS; VULNERABILITY INDEX; VULNERABILITY MANAGEMENT; WESTERN IRAN; WHEAT FARMERS;

AGRICULTURE;

DROUGHT;

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CROP DAMAGE; DROUGHT STRESS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; POLICY MAKING; SURVEY; VULNERABILITY; WHEAT;

IRAN;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84866536814     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2012.08.012     Document Type: Article

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