Policy support, social capital, and farmers' adaptation to drought in China

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 193-202

  Chen, Huang ^a   Wang, Jinxia ^a   Huang, Jikun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Adaptation measures; China; Drought; Policy support; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894369946     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.11.010     Document Type: Article

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