Mapping agricultural vulnerability of Tamil Nadu, India to climate change: a dynamic approach to take forward the vulnerability assessment methodology

Vulnerability of a system is determined not only by the severity of climate change that occurs over the system but also by the system’s own sensitivity and adaptive capacity to cope with new change in climatic condition. This study while examining the agricultural vulnerability of Tamil Nadu State i...

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Published in:Climatic change 2015-03, Vol.129 (1-2), p.159-181
Main Authors: Varadan, R. Jayakumara, Kumar, Pramod
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Greenhouse effect
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Indicators
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Radiation
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Agricultural practices
Agricultural production
Agriculture
Assessments
Atmospheric Sciences
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Climate change
Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts
Climatic conditions
Crops
Developing countries
Drought
Dynamical systems
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Greenhouse effect
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Indicators
Labor force
LDCs
Methodology
Population
R&D
Radiation
Rain
Research & development
Wind
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