Climate variability and household adaptation strategies in southern Ethiopia

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 6353-6375

  Berhanu, Wassie ^a   Beyene, Fekadu ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Adaptation strategies; Borana; Climate change; Ethiopia; Pastoralism

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ECONOMETRICS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; PASTORALISM; PERCEPTION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RANGELAND; TEMPERATURE; TOLERANCE; TREND ANALYSIS; UNGULATE;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84934325720     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su7066353     Document Type: Article

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