A Stepwise, participatory approach to design and implement community based adaptation to drought in the Peruvian Andes

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1742-1773

  Lasage, Ralph ^a   Muis, Sanne ^a   Sardella, Carolina S E ^b   van Drunen, Michiel A ^c   Verburg, Peter H ^a   Aerts, Jeroen C J H ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Parsons Brinckerhoff Australia   (Australia)

^c AMSTERDAM UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate change; Hydrology; Impact; Modeling; Subsistence farming; Survey; Vulnerability assessment; Water resources; Water rights

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; DROUGHT; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INNOVATION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RAINWATER; RIVER BASIN; VULNERABILITY; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ANDES; GEORGIA; OCONEE BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84923241046     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su7021742     Document Type: Article

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