Determinants of farm-level adaptation diversity to cyclone and flood: Insights from a farm household-level survey in Eastern India

Water Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 742-761

  Bahinipati, Chandra Sekhar ^a  

^a Gujarat Institute of Development Research   (India)

Author keywords

Cyclone and flood; Determinants; Eastern India; Ex ante; Ex post; Farm level adaptation diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938796661     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2014.121     Document Type: Conference Paper

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