Living without buffers-illustrating climate vulnerability in the Lake Victoria basin

Sustainability Science

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 143-157

  Gabrielsson, Sara ^a   Brogaard, Sara ^a   Jerneck, Anne ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate vulnerability; Differential adaptive capacity; Exposure; Lake Victoria Basin; Sensitivity; Smallholder farmers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875522979     PISSN: 18624065     EISSN: 18624057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-012-0191-3     Document Type: Article

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