VULNERABILITY TO HUNGER IN AFRICA - A CLIMATE CHANGE PERSPECTIVE

被引：71

作者：

DOWNING, TE

机构：

[1] Thomas E. Downing is with the Atmospheric Impacts Research Group, Environmental Change Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford

来源：

GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS | 1991年 / 1卷 / 05期

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D O I：

10.1016/0959-3780(91)90003-C

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

Limitations of present assessments of climate change impacts on food supplies are addressed, and a new approach is proposed. This uses the concept of vulnerability to hunger as a point of departure. A typology of vulnerability indices is developed and several measures of vulnerability are explored using information from case studies reported in the literature and research coordinated by the author's research group. An initial synthesis of data about climate change and vulnerability to hunger is illustrated for Africa.

引用

页码：365 / 380

页数：16

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