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Livelihood Vulnerability

Livelihood Vulnerability is a theoretical construct within the broader domain of social vulnerability that specifically denotes the degree to which individuals' or communities' means of securing the necessities of life are exposed to and adversely affected by climatic stressors and shocks due to interconnected biophysical, economic, and socio-institutional factors.

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Theory and Practice in Assessing Vulnerability to Climate Change andFacilitating Adaptation

PM Kelly, W. Neil Adger · Climatic Change · 2000 · 1.6K citations

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The Livelihood Vulnerability Index: A pragmatic approach to assessing risks from climate variability and change—A case study in Mozambique

Micah B. Hahn, Anne M. Riederer, Stanley O. Foster · Global Environmental Change · 2009 · 1.6K citations

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Social Vulnerability to Climate Change and Extremes in Coastal Vietnam

W. Neil Adger · World Development · 1999 · 1.3K citations

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The Determinants of Rural Livelihood Diversification in Developing Countries

Frank Ellis · Journal of Agricultural Economics · 2000 · 1.2K citations

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Extreme vulnerability of smallholder farmers to agricultural risks and climate change in Madagascar

Célia A. Harvey, Zo Lalaina Rakotobe, Nalini S. Rao et al. · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2014 · 711 citations · Full text

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  1. GM
    G. M. Monirul Alam

    Gazipur Agricultural University, Bangladesh

    12 publications · 977 citations

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  2. MN
    Md Nazirul Islam Sarker

    Neijiang Normal University, China

    10 publications · 569 citations

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  3. LC
    Lindsay C. Stringer

    University of Leeds, United Kingdom

    9 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. CH
    Claire H. Quinn

    University of Leeds, United Kingdom

    8 publications · 859 citations

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  5. KE
    Karen E. McNamara

    The University of Queensland, Australia

    7 publications · 737 citations

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  1. University of Leeds

    Leeds, United Kingdom

    22 h-index

    60 publications

    6.2K citations

  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    19 h-index

    52 publications

    2.8K citations

  3. Addis Ababa University

    Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    16 h-index

    36 publications

    2.3K citations

  4. University of East Anglia

    Norwich, United Kingdom

    14 h-index

    23 publications

    7.6K citations

  5. McGill University

    Montreal, Canada

    14 h-index

    27 publications

    2.2K citations

  6. University of Dhaka

    Dhaka, Bangladesh

    14 h-index

    20 publications

    878 citations

  7. University for Development Studies

    Tamale, Ghana

    13 h-index

    23 publications

    1.3K citations

  8. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    13 h-index

    25 publications

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  1. Sustainability

    51 publications · 2K citations

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  2. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

    33 publications · 1.7K citations

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  3. Climate and Development

    31 publications · 1.8K citations

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  4. Regional Environmental Change

    26 publications · 2.3K citations

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  5. World Development

    20 publications · 3.1K citations

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