Local knowledge, early warning and coastal hazards: Participatory inquiry among fishworkers in Kerala, India

Action Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 273-292

  Santha, Sunil D ^a   Gahana, P ^b   Aswin, V S ^c  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Freelance Researcher   (India)

^c Freelance Researcher   (India)

Author keywords

coastal hazards; communities; disasters; early warning; fishing; livelihoods; Local knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907192571     PISSN: 14767503     EISSN: 17412617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476750314532504     Document Type: Article

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