Vulnerability of agro-ecological zones in India under the earth system climate model scenarios

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 399-425

  Shukla, Roopam ^a   Chakraborty, Anusheema ^a   Joshi, P K ^a,b  

^a TERI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Agro ecological zones; Climate change; HadGEM ES; RCPs; Vulnerability assessment

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AGROECOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GLOBAL CHANGE; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; POLICY MAKING; REGIONAL PLANNING; UPLAND REGION; VULNERABILITY;

DECCAN; INDIA; MALWA; PUNJAB [INDIA];

EID: 84939619502     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: 15731596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-015-9677-5     Document Type: Article

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