Assessing climate change vulnerability of water at household level

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1471-1485

  Pandey, Rajiv ^a   Kala, Sparsh ^b   Pandey, Vishnu Prasad ^c  

^a H N B GARHWAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c Asian Institute of Technology and Mangement   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Adaptive capability; Exposure; Livelihood; Mountainous communities; Sensitivity; Vulnerability; Water

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEALTH SERVICES; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INDEX METHOD; LIVING RESOURCE; MOUNTAIN REGION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY; WATER AVAILABILITY;

INDIA; UTTARAKHAND;

EID: 84945461276     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: 15731596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-014-9556-5     Document Type: Article

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