Role of climate risks and socio-economic factors in influencing the impact of climatic extremes: a normalisation study in the context of Odisha, India

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 177-188

  Bahinipati, Chandra Sekhar ^a   Venkatachalam, Lingappan ^b  

^a Gujarat Institute of Development Research   (India)

^b MADRAS INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (India)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate risks; Damages; Extreme events; Normalisation; Odisha; Socio economic factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953360793     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-014-0735-4     Document Type: Article

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