Farmers' perceived risks of climate change and influencing factors: A study in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam

Environmental Management

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 331-345

  Le Dang, Hoa ^a,b   Li, Elton ^a   Nuberg, Ian ^a   Bruwer, Johan ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b NONG LAM UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Belief in climate change; Climate change; Information; Perceived risk; Risk experience; Trust in public adaptation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; PUBLIC RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

ADAPTATION STRATEGIES; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; DISASTER WARNINGS; INFORMATION; PERCEIVED RISK; SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS; SOURCES OF INFORMATIONS; TRUST IN PUBLIC ADAPTATION;

HEALTH RISKS;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODING; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INCOME; NATURAL DISASTER; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL METHOD; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PUBLIC OPINION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIETNAM;

EID: 84905564368     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-014-0299-6     Document Type: Article

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