Social production of vulnerability to climate change in the rural middle hills of Nepal

Building Resilience to Chronic Landslide Hazard Through Citizen Science

“…Studies in other parts of Nepal have found that migration has a negative effect on agriculture in the form of labor shortages and land abandonment (Adhikari and Hobley, 2011). Distorted family life, shortage of labor in the village and exacerbated inequalities are among the key drivers of social disintegration and further impoverishment (Chapagain and Gentle, 2015;Jaquet et al, 2016;Sapkota et al, 2016). Labor migrants are also not likely to be better off themselves, because they lack the social ties, education, and resources required to overcome the administrative and monetary constraints on the way to better and more secure jobs (Gautam, 2017).…”

“…Formerly irrigated terraces, once collapsed, deteriorate into open landslide much faster than any other type of land cover (including over-grazed pastures and deforested hills). A vicious cycle is formed, where outmigration is driven by the hazard, resulting in decrease in uphill land management, which in turn exacerbates shallow landslips (Gerrard and Gardner, 2002;Munroe et al, 2013;Sapkota et al, 2016;Ojha et al, 2017). At the same time, outmigration of just one family member often allows the left-behind family to move to another location (to more stable uphill land for house construction or to the fertile downhill land in the river valleys).…”

Resilient futures of a small island: A participatory approach in Tenerife (Canary Islands) to address climate change

“…A few CC adaptation projects deployed focus groups to explore e.g., adaptation strategies for agricultural production ( Dumenu and Obeng, 2016 ), new indicators for building resilience against diseases ( Dovie et al, 2017 ), microfinance as means to foster adaptation for household livelihood ( Fenton et al, 2017 ), scientific communication to facilitate the adaptation of residential buildings ( Glaas et al, 2017 ), social issues grounding different responses to adaptation ( Sapkota et al, 2016 ), adaptation pathways in urban water supply systems ( Kingsborough et al, 2016 ), or adaptation frameworks for tourism destinations ( Wyss et al, 2014 ).…”

Gender and Adaptation: An Analysis of Poverty and Vulnerability in Yunnan, China

“…The Food Policy Report also estimated that 7.1-7.3 billion USD is needed to mitigate negative impacts resulting from climate change . Vulnerable groups including women, low castes, minority ethnicities, and the rural poor are often most severely affected by climate change Chen et al, 2013;Sapkota et al, 2016;van Wesenbeeck et al, 2016). The pre-existing marginalization experienced by many of these groups makes their perception and adaptation to climate change distinctive .…”