Assessment of physical vulnerability to agricultural drought in China

Natural Hazards

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 645-657

  Wang, Zhiqiang ^a,b   He, Fei ^c   Fang, Weihua ^d   Liao, Yongfeng ^a,b  

^a National Disaster Reduction Center of China Ministry of Civil Affairs   (China)

^b Ministry of Civil Affairs   (China)

^c Disaster Research Center   (China)

^d BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Drought; EPIC model; Physical vulnerability assessment; Wheat yield

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; DROUGHT STRESS; EXTREME EVENT; FOOD SUPPLY; GLOBAL WARMING; MIXED FARMING; VULNERABILITY; YIELD RESPONSE;

CHINA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84877062557     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-013-0594-1     Document Type: Article

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