Socio-Environmental Vulnerability of Agriculture Communities to Climate Change in Western Himalaya: A Household-Level Review

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Socio-Environmental Vulnerability of Agriculture Communities to Climate Change in Western Himalaya: A Household-Level Review. / Chauhan, Neha; von Wehrden, Henrik; Joshi, Pawan Kumar.
Challenges of Disasters in Asia: Vulnerability, Adaptation and Resilience. ed. / Haroon Sajjad; Lubna Siddiqui; Atiqur Rahman; Mary Tahir; Masood Ahsan Siddiqui. Springer, 2022. p. 123-145.

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Chauhan, N, von Wehrden, H & Joshi, PK 2022, Socio-Environmental Vulnerability of Agriculture Communities to Climate Change in Western Himalaya: A Household-Level Review. in H Sajjad, L Siddiqui, A Rahman, M Tahir & M Ahsan Siddiqui (eds), Challenges of Disasters in Asia: Vulnerability, Adaptation and Resilience. Springer, pp. 123-145. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3567-1_9

APA

Chauhan, N., von Wehrden, H., & Joshi, P. K. (2022). Socio-Environmental Vulnerability of Agriculture Communities to Climate Change in Western Himalaya: A Household-Level Review. In H. Sajjad, L. Siddiqui, A. Rahman, M. Tahir, & M. Ahsan Siddiqui (Eds.), Challenges of Disasters in Asia: Vulnerability, Adaptation and Resilience (pp. 123-145). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3567-1_9

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Chauhan N, von Wehrden H, Joshi PK. Socio-Environmental Vulnerability of Agriculture Communities to Climate Change in Western Himalaya: A Household-Level Review. In Sajjad H, Siddiqui L, Rahman A, Tahir M, Ahsan Siddiqui M, editors, Challenges of Disasters in Asia: Vulnerability, Adaptation and Resilience. Springer. 2022. p. 123-145 doi: 10.1007/978-981-19-3567-1_9

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