Climate change, agriculture and migration: A survey

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2018, Pages

  Falco, Chiara ^a   Donzelli, Franco ^a   Olper, Alessandro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Agriculture; Climate change; Migration; Selective review

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING WORLD; FOOD SECURITY; GLOBAL ECONOMY; LITERATURE REVIEW; MIGRATION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SURVEY METHOD;

EID: 85046675174     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su10051405     Document Type: Review

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