Impact of floods on livelihoods and vulnerability of natural resource dependent communities in Northern Ghana

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 120-139

  Armah, Frederick A ^a   Yawson, David O ^a   Yengoh, Genesis T ^b   Odoi, Justice O ^c   Afrifa, Ernest K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Ghana Nature Today   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Communities; Environment; Floods; Livelihoods; Northern Ghana; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; NATURAL RESOURCES;

AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT; CAUSAL LOOP DIAGRAMS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; ENVIRONMENT; LIVELIHOODS; NORTHERN GHANA; QUALITATIVE MODELLING; VULNERABILITY;

FLOODS;

EID: 84995396747     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w2020120     Document Type: Article

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