Object structure
Title:

Geospatial and temporal analysis of drought years in Zimbabwe, 1940-1999

Subtitle:

Geographia Polonica Vol. 86 No. 4 (2013)

Creator:

Mukwada, Geoffrey ; Manatsa, Desmond

Publisher:

IGiPZ PAN

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Date issued/created:

2013

Description:

24 cm

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

agriculture ; drought ; food security ; geospatial analysis ; rural livelihoods ; time series analysis ; Zimbabwe

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Relation:

Geographia Polonica

Volume:

86

Issue:

4

Start page:

313

End page:

326

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

File size 2,7 MB ; application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

0016-7282 ; 10.7163/GPol.2013.26

Source:

CBGiOS. IGiPZ PAN, call nos.: Cz.2085, Cz.2173, Cz.2406 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

eng

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Free Access

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Digitizing institution:

Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Central Library of Geography and Environmental Protection. Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization PAS

Projects co-financed by:

European Union. European Regional Development Fund ; Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure

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