Vulnerability of Chepang households to climate change and extremes in the Mid-Hills of Nepal

Climatic Change

Volumn 135, Issue 3-4, 2016, Pages 521-537

  Piya, Luni ^a   Joshi, Niraj Prakash ^a   Maharjan, Keshav Lall ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RURAL AREAS;

ADAPTIVE CAPACITY; EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; LIVELIHOOD OPPORTUNITIES; POLICY INTERVENTION; POLICY MEASURES; SKILL DEVELOPMENT; VULNERABILITY INDEX;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EDUCATION; EXTREME EVENT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; POLICY APPROACH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; TRAINING; VULNERABILITY; WEATHER;

NEPAL;

EID: 84961140591     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: 15731480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-015-1572-2     Document Type: Article

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