Agroecosystem specific climate vulnerability analysis: application of the livelihood vulnerability index to a tropical highland region

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 39-65

  Simane, Belay ^a   Zaitchik, Benjamin F ^b   Foltz, Jeremy D ^c  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Agroecosystem; Climate change; Exposure; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGROECOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; TROPICAL REGION; UPLAND REGION; VULNERABILITY;

CHOKE MOUNTAINS; ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84949623346     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: 15731596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-014-9568-1     Document Type: Article

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