Differential impacts of climate change on communities in the middle hills region of Nepal

Natural Hazards

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 815-836

  Gentle, Popular ^a   Thwaites, Rik ^a   Race, Digby ^a,b   Alexander, Kim ^a,c  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Climate change; Nepal; Rural livelihoods; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939888366     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: 15730840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-014-1218-0     Document Type: Article

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