Perceptions of climate variability and livelihood adaptations relating to gender and wealth among the Adi community of the Eastern Indian Himalayas

Applied Geography

Volumn 86, Issue , 2017, Pages 41-52

  Singh, Ranjay K ^a   Zander, Kerstin K ^c   Kumar, Satyendra ^b   Singh, Anshuman ^b   Sheoran, Parvender ^b   Kumar, Arvind ^b   Hussain, S M ^a   Riba, Toge ^a   Rallen, Orik ^d   Lego, Y J ^e   Padung, Egul ^f   Garnett, Stephen T ^c  

^a CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CENTRAL SOIL SALINITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Village Sibut   (India)

^e Village GTC Colony   (India)

^f Doying Gumin College   (India)

Author keywords

Arunachal Pradesh; East Siang; Gender and autonomous adaptation; Livelihood portfolios and risks; Perceived climate variability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ETHNIC GROUP; EXTREME EVENT; GENDER RELATIONS; LIVELIHOOD; PERCEPTION;

ARUNACHAL PRADESH; HIMALAYAS; INDIA;

SUIDAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 85021664986     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2017.06.018     Document Type: Article

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