The concept of adaptive capacity has received significant attention within social-ecological
and environmental change research. Within both the resilience and vulnerability literatures …

The development of agricultural activity in Mexico is generating environmental externalities
that could compromise its future. One of the principal challenges facing the Mexican …

Few studies have addressed rural households' livelihood vulnerability index (HLVI) in areas
threatened by geological hazards, particularly China's mountainous regions, or the impact of …

Abstract Amazonian Indigenous Lands (ILs) are human-environment systems facing a
multitude of environmental threats. Yet, the resulting vulnerability of these systems are to …

Based on spatial variation and time, climate change has various levels of impacts on
different communities and sometime with the state of development as well. The rural …

Climate-related hazards such as sand and dust storms (SDS) have various impacts on
human health, socio-economy, environment, and agroecosystems. Iran has been severely …

Climate change has adverse consequences for socioeconomic activities such as agriculture,
as it can affect crop yields and production costs. Farmers' adaptation to the impacts caused …

Abstract The IPCC Third Assessment Report presents a conceptual framework for
vulnerability to climate change with the three attribute components of exposure, sensitivity …

The amount of agricultural drought vulnerability in an underdeveloped rain-fed agro-based
economy at the local, regional, and national level is most prominent factor for measurement …

Composite indices are used to assess and prioritize mitigation and adaptation strategies for
addressing the impacts of global environmental change. We evaluate different aggregation …