A systematic review of local vulnerability to climate change in developing country agriculture

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Crane, Todd A ^a   Delaney, Aogán ^b   Tamás, Peter A ^b   Chesterman, Sabrina ^c,d   Ericksen, Polly ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

AGRICULTURAL SETTING; ALTERNATIVE FRAMEWORK; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; DESIGN AND EVALUATIONS; DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATIONS; HIGHLY-CITED PAPERS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEVELOPING WORLD; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POVERTY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 85019136393     PISSN: 17577780     EISSN: 17577799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcc.464     Document Type: Review

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