Climate change vulnerability assessment gaps and challenges

Economic and Political Weekly

Volumn , Issue 26-27, 2014, Pages 32-34

  Dhanapal, G ^a   Panda, Architesh ^b  

^a National Institute of Administrative Research   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

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EID: 84903880629     PISSN: 00129976     EISSN: 23498846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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