Rural vulnerability to environmental change in the irrigated lowlands of Central Asia and options for policy-makers: A review

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 77-88

  Aleksandrova, Mariya ^a   Lamers, John P A ^b   Martius, Christopher ^b,c   Tischbein, Bernhard ^b  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Aral Sea Basin; Climate risk; Governance; Irrigated agriculture; Transformation countries; Uzbekistan; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ADAPTATION; AFFORESTATION; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; ASIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP; CROPLAND; DEGLACIATION; DEGRADATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOOD SECURITY; GOVERNMENT; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); PLANT WATER USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; UZBEKISTAN; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84902294981     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2014.03.001     Document Type: Review

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