The impacts of climate variability on household welfare in rural Mexico

Population and Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 370-399

  Skoufias, Emmanuel ^a   Vinha, Katja ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Consumption; Environment; Food security; Household welfare; Livelihoods; Rural Mexico; Weather shocks

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; CLIMATE VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD SECURITY; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RURAL AREA; WELFARE IMPACT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84873526517     PISSN: 01990039     EISSN: 15737810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11111-012-0167-3     Document Type: Article

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