Local farmers' perceptions of climate change and local adaptive strategies: A case study from the Middle Yarlung Zangbo River Valley, Tibet, China

Environmental Management

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 894-906

  Li, Chunyan ^a   Tang, Ya ^a   Luo, Han ^a   Di, Baofeng ^a   Zhang, Liyun ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Crop phenology; Precipitation; Seasonal change; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEMS; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; CROP PHENOLOGY; HERBACEOUS VEGETATION; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES; SEASONAL CHANGES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; LANDFORMS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RESEARCH; TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION;

AGRICULTURE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BARLEY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COPING STRATEGY; FARMING SYSTEM; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; PERCEPTION; PHENOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; SMALLHOLDER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GERMINATION; HARVESTING; HUMAN; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MALE; NATURAL DISASTER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOWING; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER;

HORDEUM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISASTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RAIN; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TIBET; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885482902     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-013-0139-0     Document Type: Article

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