Household vulnerability mapping in Africa's Rift Valley

Applied Geography

Volumn 63, Issue , 2015, Pages 380-395

  Richmond, Amy Krakowka ^a   Malcomb, Dylan ^a   Ringler, Kristine ^a  

^a and strategy program   (United States)

Author keywords

East Africa; Field work; Geospatial modeling; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

FIELDWORK; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; MAPPING METHOD; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

EAST AFRICAN RIFT; ETHIOPIA; MALAWI; RWANDA; UGANDA;

EID: 84939495113     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2015.07.013     Document Type: Article

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