Climate Change Impact in Cold Arid Desert of North–Western Himalaya: Community Based Adaptations and Mitigations

Shaheen, F. A.; Wani, M.H.; Wani, S.A.; Norphel, Chewang

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-36143-2_15

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“…Although the first Bartificial glacier^was constructed in 1987, these structures did not attract much global attention until the late 1990s, when they were presented as a strategy to improve irrigation and benefit farmers (Bagla 1998;Shaheen et al 2013). However, following the controversy over the impending disappearance of Himalayan glaciers in 2007, Bartificial glaciers^were promoted as appropriate climate change adaptation strategies (Vince 2009), though their function as water conservation structures to cope with recurrent water scarcity at the local scale had not changed.…”

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Socio-hydrology of “artificial glaciers” in Ladakh, India: assessing adaptive strategies in a changing cryosphere

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The consequences of even small glacier decrease and changes of seasonal snow cover are critical for the functioning of meltwater-dependent mountain agriculture. In order to deal with recurrent water scarcity, different types of ice reservoirs, commonly called Bartificial glaciers,^have been introduced in Ladakh and promoted as appropriate adaptive strategies to cope with changes in the cryosphere. The resulting seasonal ice reservoirs increase meltwater availability during the critical period of water scarcity in spring. We examine the efficacy of 14 ice reservoirs through a long-term analysis of their functioning within the environmental and socioeconomic context of Ladakh. Using multi-temporal satellite data (1969-2017), close range photogrammetry, and repeat field measurements (2014 and 2015), we provide an inventory and typology of these ice reservoirs and estimate storage volume of one selected structure, which ranges from 1010 to 3220 m 3 of water. We extrapolate this volume to all ice reservoirs and estimate potential irrigation cycles of cropped areas, which vary between less than 0.1 in unfavorable cases and almost 3 in optimal cases and years. Based on interviews and field surveys (2007-2017), we discuss the benefits perceived by local smallholders, such as the reduction of seasonal water scarcity and resulting crop failure risks together with the possibility of growing cash crops. We argue that Bartificial glaciers^are remarkably suited to the physical environment. However, their usefulness as a climate change adaptation strategy is questionable because climatic variability, natural hazards, and an incomplete integration into the local socioeconomic setting significantly reduce their efficacy.

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“…In Ladakh, the freezing of the Zanskar River creates a route that is popularly known as the Chadar trek, which is used by both locals and tourists. This route is now experiencing early melting and a shorter frozen period, hampering, thereby, access (Apollo, 2017;Raina & Koul, 2011;Shaheen et al, 2013).…”

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Chapter 5: Cryospheric change, adaptation, and sustainable development in the mountain societies of the Hindu Kush Himalaya

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Pandey³

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Water, Ice, Society, and Ecosystems in the Hindu Kush Himalaya: An Outlook

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Chapter 5 of the Water, ice, society, and ecosystems in the HKH (HI-WISE) assessment report presents the current state of knowledge regarding the impacts of cryospheric change on high mountain societies as well as observed adaptations to associated challenges and the contributions these responses make to sustainable mountain development. Cryospheric change is hitting already marginal and vulnerable mountain peoples hard, and the adverse effects are set to accelerate. Current adaptation approaches have been small-scale and incremental and insufficient to address future needs of communities. Population growth and infrastructure development have exposed communities to increased cryosphere-related hazards and future disasters will be costlier and deadlier.

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“…In the previous study, CBA plays an important role to create disaster resilience [7,[21][22][23][24], agriculture [2, 11-12, 21, 25], aquaculture [26], food [7], and water [11,[25][26][27][28] resilience in the community. Moreover, one of the successful CBA planning processes is comprehensively addressing local socio-ecological factors of vulnerability and resilience, including food security, governance, health and education, and indigenous knowledge [2].…”

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“…Climate change is a major problem that significantly affects coral reefs, drought, freshwater resources, agriculture, aquaculture, sea-level rises, wetlands, health, extinction of species, and social and economic life [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]. Vulnerable areas such as small islands are more likely affected by the climate change impact [7,9,13].…”

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Community-Based Adaptation: Challenge and Opportunity in Indonesia

2021

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Climate change is a serious problem mostly caused by human activities but the impacts are felt by all creatures in the word. These conditions are worsened by the rise of ‘dirty industries’ that exceed the environmental carrying capacity. Many studies had showed that people need to do something to cut climate change from individual to state scale. Therefore, community plays an important role to climate change program’s success. It is known as community-based adaptation (CBA). CBA combines indigenous knowledge, community needs, and local conditions so the program is more likely to implement. In Indonesia, climate change adaptation and mitigation are run in community level namely ProKlim. Government also gives the best practiced community with title and prizes. This paper aims to identify and synthesize previous researches related to CBA and challenge and opportunity of CBA practices in Indonesia. The findings of this paper are CBA is proven in shaping resilience on disaster management, aquaculture, food, and water. Moreover, indigenous knowledge, local leader, funding, and government involvement are the important instrument of CBA. Despite the numerous reports on CBA succeed, there are still some challenge and opportunity of CBA practices in Indonesia.

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Climate Change Impact in Cold Arid Desert of North–Western Himalaya: Community Based Adaptations and Mitigations

Cited by 9 publications

References 6 publications

Socio-hydrology of “artificial glaciers” in Ladakh, India: assessing adaptive strategies in a changing cryosphere

Socio-hydrology of “artificial glaciers” in Ladakh, India: assessing adaptive strategies in a changing cryosphere

Chapter 5: Cryospheric change, adaptation, and sustainable development in the mountain societies of the Hindu Kush Himalaya

Community-Based Adaptation: Challenge and Opportunity in Indonesia

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