Modelling livelihoods and household resilience to droughts using Bayesian networks

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 315-346

  Merritt, Wendy S ^a   Patch, Brendan ^b,c   Reddy, V Ratna ^d   Syme, Geoffrey J ^e  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d Livelihoods and Natural Resource Management Institute (LNRMI)   (India)

^e EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayesian networks (BN); Drought resilience; Natural capital; Sustainable livelihoods; Watershed development (WSD)

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DROUGHT STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; MONITORING SYSTEM; NATURAL CAPITAL; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; STATE ROLE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATERSHED;

INDIA;

EID: 84961155224     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: 15732975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-015-9650-1     Document Type: Article

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