Vulnerability modeling for sub-Saharan Africa: An operationalized approach in Malawi

Applied Geography

Volumn 48, Issue , 2014, Pages 17-30

  Malcomb, Dylan W ^a   Weaver, Elizabeth A ^a   Krakowka, Amy Richmond ^a  

^a UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Demographic; Malawi; Modeling; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; POLICY MAKING; STAKEHOLDER; VULNERABILITY;

MALAWI;

EID: 84893375081     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2014.01.004     Document Type: Article

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