Vulnerability and adaptive capacity of community food systems in the Peruvian Amazon: a case study from Panaillo

Natural Hazards

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 2049-2079

  Sherman, Mya ^a   Ford, James ^a   Llanos Cuentas, Alejandro ^b   Valdivia, María José ^b   Bussalleu, Alejandra ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Amazon; Climate change; Food security; Food system; Indigenous; Peru; Vulnerability, flood

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODING; FOOD SECURITY; FOOD SUPPLY; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; VULNERABILITY;

AMAZONIA; PERU;

EID: 84930382861     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: 15730840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-015-1690-1     Document Type: Article

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