Climate change and poverty: building resilience of rural mountain communities in South Sikkim, Eastern Himalaya, India
(2014) In Regional Environmental Change 14(1). p.267-280- Abstract
- The rural mountain communities have long
faced challenges from a range of social, economic, political
and environmental factors and the threat from these factors
has only intensified due to the current climate change. This
study was conducted in South Sikkim, a mountain region
located in the Indian Eastern Himalaya, to get a deeper
insight of the multitude of barriers and stresses that a poor
rural mountain community experiences. The purpose of the
study was to get community’s perception on the kind of
interventions that they consider important to lift them out
of poverty and enhance their resilience to manage climate
risk. The analysis is... (More) - The rural mountain communities have long
faced challenges from a range of social, economic, political
and environmental factors and the threat from these factors
has only intensified due to the current climate change. This
study was conducted in South Sikkim, a mountain region
located in the Indian Eastern Himalaya, to get a deeper
insight of the multitude of barriers and stresses that a poor
rural mountain community experiences. The purpose of the
study was to get community’s perception on the kind of
interventions that they consider important to lift them out
of poverty and enhance their resilience to manage climate
risk. The analysis is based on focus group discussions and
household survey, using a multidimensional poverty
assessment tool. The study highlights that the vulnerability
of the study region to climate change is not concentrated to
physical or geographical factors alone, but mostly to the
socio-economic factors like lack of access to education,
health care, limited livelihood opportunities, limited
resources, etc. People consider that these non-climatic
factors act as barriers for them to overcome poverty, contribute
to their weak resilience, and make it extremely
difficult for them to manage the risk posed by climate
change. The study therefore suggests that it is of utmost
importance that the interventions are planned in ways that
address the multidimensional poverty in the region which
in turn will enhance community’s inherent capacity to
adapt to current as well as future climate risk. (Less)
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- author
- Barua, Anamika ; Suparana, Katyaini ; Mili, Bhuben and Gooch, Pernille LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2014
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- poverty, climate change, multidimensional poverty assessment tool, resilience
- in
- Regional Environmental Change
- volume
- 14
- issue
- 1
- pages
- 267 - 280
- publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
- external identifiers
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- wos:000333261900022
- scopus:84893642978
- ISSN
- 1436-3798
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10113-013-0471-1
- language
- English
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- yes
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abstract = {{The rural mountain communities have long<br/><br>
faced challenges from a range of social, economic, political<br/><br>
and environmental factors and the threat from these factors<br/><br>
has only intensified due to the current climate change. This<br/><br>
study was conducted in South Sikkim, a mountain region<br/><br>
located in the Indian Eastern Himalaya, to get a deeper<br/><br>
insight of the multitude of barriers and stresses that a poor<br/><br>
rural mountain community experiences. The purpose of the<br/><br>
study was to get community’s perception on the kind of<br/><br>
interventions that they consider important to lift them out<br/><br>
of poverty and enhance their resilience to manage climate<br/><br>
risk. The analysis is based on focus group discussions and<br/><br>
household survey, using a multidimensional poverty<br/><br>
assessment tool. The study highlights that the vulnerability<br/><br>
of the study region to climate change is not concentrated to<br/><br>
physical or geographical factors alone, but mostly to the<br/><br>
socio-economic factors like lack of access to education,<br/><br>
health care, limited livelihood opportunities, limited<br/><br>
resources, etc. People consider that these non-climatic<br/><br>
factors act as barriers for them to overcome poverty, contribute<br/><br>
to their weak resilience, and make it extremely<br/><br>
difficult for them to manage the risk posed by climate<br/><br>
change. The study therefore suggests that it is of utmost<br/><br>
importance that the interventions are planned in ways that<br/><br>
address the multidimensional poverty in the region which<br/><br>
in turn will enhance community’s inherent capacity to<br/><br>
adapt to current as well as future climate risk.}},
author = {{Barua, Anamika and Suparana, Katyaini and Mili, Bhuben and Gooch, Pernille}},
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language = {{eng}},
number = {{1}},
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publisher = {{Springer Science and Business Media B.V.}},
series = {{Regional Environmental Change}},
title = {{Climate change and poverty: building resilience of rural mountain communities in South Sikkim, Eastern Himalaya, India}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10113-013-0471-1}},
doi = {{10.1007/s10113-013-0471-1}},
volume = {{14}},
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