Extreme weather and economic well-being in rural Mozambique

Natural Hazards

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-49

  Matyas, Corene J ^a   Silva, Julie A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Climate variability; Mozambique; Rainfall; Rural development; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EXTREME EVENT; GIS; GROWING SEASON; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SATELLITE DATA; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VILLAGE; VULNERABILITY;

MOZAMBIQUE;

EID: 84873418281     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-0064-6     Document Type: Article

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