Households’ perception and livelihood vulnerability to climate change in a coastal area of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 887-908

  Amos, Eno ^a   Akpan, Uduak ^b   Ogunjobi, Kehinde ^c  

^a NIGERIAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Nigeria)

^b Policy   (Nigeria)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Climate change; Coastal communities; Households perception; Livelihood vulnerability; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE; FINANCE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; METEOROLOGY; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SUSTAINABILITY; VULNERABILITY;

AKWA IBOM; NIGERIA;

EID: 84943530648     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: 15732975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-014-9580-3     Document Type: Article

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