Sustainable livelihood framework-based indicators for assessing climate change vulnerability and adaptation for Himalayan communities

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 79, Issue , 2017, Pages 338-346

  Pandey, Rajiv ^a   Jha, Shashidhar Kumar ^b   Alatalo, Juha M ^c   Archie, Kelli M ^d   Gupta, Ajay K ^a  

^a Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education   (India)

^b H N B GARHWAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^d VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bottom up approach; Exposure; Household capital; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ABILITY TESTING; GRADING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BOTTOM UP APPROACH; CLIMATE VULNERABILITY INDICES; EDUCATION AND TRAINING; EXPOSURE; HOUSEHOLD CAPITAL; RESILIENCE; SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; CAPITAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN CAPITAL; LIVELIHOOD; NATURAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUSTAINABILITY; VULNERABILITY;

HIMALAYAS;

EID: 85018922001     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.03.047     Document Type: Article

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