Vulnerability index to climate change and its application for community-level risk assessment in Thailand

EnvironmentAsia

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 108-116

  Limsakul, Atsamon ^a   Katasaenee, Wimonratlee ^a   Paengkaew, Wutthichai ^a   Kammuang, Asadorn ^a   Tipmanee, Danai ^b   Sompongchaiyakul, Penjai ^c  

^a Environmental Research and Training Center   (Thailand)

^b PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Climate change; Community; PCVI; RECCC; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COPING STRATEGY; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; GRASSROOTS LEVEL; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; STAKEHOLDER; VULNERABILITY;

THAILAND;

EID: 84905010725     PISSN: 19061714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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