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Vulnerabilities to flood hazards among rural households in India

Flooding constitutes the most predominant natural disaster in India. The degree and causes of vulnerability to flood risk vary by society, geographical region and over time. The rural people of India are highly vulnerable to flood hazards due to high dependence on natural resources for livelihood an...

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Published in:Natural hazards (Dordrecht) 2017-09, Vol.88 (2), p.1133-1153
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Counties
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Economic analysis
Economics
Environmental Management
Environmental risk
Flood hazards
Flood risk
Flooding
Floods
Geophysics/Geodesy
Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences
Hazards
Households
Housing
Hydrogeology
Incidence
Indexes
Livelihood
Natural disasters
Natural Hazards
Natural resources
Original Paper
Policies
Profiles
Regions
Risk assessment
Rural areas
Rural poverty
Social institutions
Social interactions
Social networks
Social organization
Socioeconomic factors
Socioeconomics
Vulnerability
title Vulnerabilities to flood hazards among rural households in India
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