Assessment of the impact of climate change on vulnerability of farmer households’ livelihood in an ecologically vulnerable alpine region: Taking gannan plateau for example

Chinese Journal of Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 781-790

  Zhang, Qin ^a   Zhao, Xue Yan ^a   Luo, Li ^a   Wang, Ya Ru ^a   Xue, Bing ^b  

^a NORTHWEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Institute of Applied Ecdogy   (China)

Author keywords

Climate change; Farmer households; Gannan plateau; Livelihood; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION; FARMING SYSTEM; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; LOW INCOME POPULATION; SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; VULNERABILITY;

CHINA; GANNAN; GANSU;

EID: 84960452235     PISSN: 10004890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13292/j.1000-4890.201603.006     Document Type: Article

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