Environmental awareness and vulnerability in the Yellow River Delta: Results based on a comprehensive household survey

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 120, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-10

  Wolters, Michel L ^a   Sun, Zhongchang ^b   Huang, Chong ^b   Kuenzer, Claudia ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Household survey; Social; Vulnerability; Yellow River Delta

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COMPENSATION (PERSONNEL); OIL SPILLS; PUBLIC UTILITIES; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; SEA LEVEL; WAGES;

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS; SOCIAL; SOCIAL VULNERABILITY; SPATIAL DATA ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY; YELLOW RIVER DELTA;

SURVEYS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COTTON; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LIVING RESOURCE; MAIZE; MINIMUM WAGE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RURAL POPULATION; SALINIZATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

CHINA; SHANDONG; YELLOW RIVER DELTA;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84948958808     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2015.11.009     Document Type: Article

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