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The present chapter discusses the profile of the study areas and the socio-economic conditions of the sample households. The study area comprises five different agro-climatic regions of West Bengal like hill regions of Darjeeling district, foot-hill regions of Jalpaiguri district, drought: regions of Purulia district, coastal Sunderbans of South 24 Parganas and another coastal region of East Midnapore district.
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Basu, J.P. (2021). Profile of Study Area and Socio-Economic Analysis of the Sample Households. In: Climate Change Vulnerability and Communities in Agro-climatic Regions of West Bengal, India. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50468-7_4
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