Livelihood security in face of drought - Assessing the vulnerability of pastoral households

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 75, Issue , 2016, Pages 414-423

  Martin, Romina ^a,b   Linstädter, Anja ^a   Frank, Karin ^b,c,d   Müller, Birgit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^d GERMAN CENTRE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH IDIV HALLE JENA LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Global change; Morocco; Semi arid rangeland; Simulation model; Social ecological system; Transhumant pastoralism

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ECOLOGY; LAND USE;

GLOBAL CHANGE; MOROCCO; SEMI-ARID RANGELAND; SIMULATION MODEL; SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; TRANSHUMANT PASTORALISMS;

DROUGHT;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DROUGHT; GLOBAL CHANGE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; LAND USE CHANGE; LIFESTYLE; LIVING STANDARD; MOBILITY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PASTORALISM; RANGELAND; RESOURCE USE; SEMIARID REGION; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; VULNERABILITY;

ATLAS MOUNTAINS; HIGH ATLAS; MOROCCO;

EID: 84914133258     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2014.10.012     Document Type: Article

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