Livelihood resilience in the face of recurring floods: an empirical evidence from Northwest Ethiopia

Geoenvironmental Disasters

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Weldegebriel, Zerihun Berhane ^a   Amphune, Befikadu Esayas ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Dembia; Flood disaster; Northwest Ethiopia; Resilience index; Vulnerability index

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045218725     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21978670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40677-017-0074-0     Document Type: Article

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