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In pursuit of livelihood sustainability and drought resilience: The human dimension of drought-adaptation in the Maasai pastoralists coupled socio-ecological systems across Kajiado County, Kenya Cover

In pursuit of livelihood sustainability and drought resilience: The human dimension of drought-adaptation in the Maasai pastoralists coupled socio-ecological systems across Kajiado County, Kenya

By: Margaret Mwangi  
Open Access
|Mar 2019

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Language: English
Page range: 1 - 11
Submitted on: Aug 24, 2018
Accepted on: Feb 11, 2019
Published on: Mar 12, 2019
Published by: University of Silesia in Katowice, Institute of Mathematics
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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