Climate hazards in drylands: A review

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 126, Issue , 2013, Pages 48-57

  Middleton, N J ^a   Sternberg, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate hazards; Drylands; Poverty

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; NATURAL HAZARD; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84883266223     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2013.07.008     Document Type: Review

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