Derivation of a household-level vulnerability index for empirically testing measures of adaptive capacity and vulnerability

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 459-470

  Notenbaert, An ^a   Karanja, Stanley Nganga ^a   Herrero, Mario ^a   Felisberto, Maute ^a   Moyo, Siboniso ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Agro pastoralists; Household level; Indicators; Vulnerability; Vulnerability index

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875433382     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-012-0368-4     Document Type: Article

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