Mountain Hazards Issues, challenges, and Adaptation for Livelihood Security and Sustainable Development in High Mountain Villages of Garhwal Himalaya, Uttarakhand, India
Bindhy Wasini PANDEY, Department of Geography, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
Abhay Shankar PRASAD, Department of Geography, Dyal Singh College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
Extreme climatic events and anthropogenic activities often disrupt natural ecosystems which affect the socio-economic condition of the rural communities, loss of life, livelihood and natural resources. The combination of a dynamic bio-geophysical environment and intensified human use has increased the vulnerability of mountain social-ecological systems to risk from hazards. This paper presents a methodological approach for the integration of extreme events, climatic vulnerability, land use/land use cover changes, and natural resources for sustainable development planning. Garhwal Himalayan geosystem is highly vulnerable and susceptible to various kinds of Geo-hydrological vulnerability, risk and hazards.
Factors causing these changes have been attempted to be understood through the use of GIS and Geo-spatial techniques and find out the land use and land cover change detection. This Paper has analysed and evaluated the vulnerability and its adaptation assessment for sustainable development determined mainly by the LIFE approach and Weightage Matrix Index. The LIFE approach is based on Livelihood options, Institutional participation in adaptation policy design and implementation, food security and Empowerment parameters like health and education.
These research papers have suggested the policy to improve the transfer of scientific knowledge into policy, and to increase mutual understanding, partnership, and cooperation for better policy outputs in SDGs-13 (Climate Action), SDGs-11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities) and SDGs-15 (Life on Land). This parameter is important in building resilience capacity and ensuring sustainable development pathways and provides the various mitigation processes from extreme climatic events. These approaches will be useful in building collaborative arrangements across political and administrative barriers and boundaries to govern at the scale of the sustainability challenge to the way towards the Sustainable Development Goal.
Mots clés : Extreme Climatic Events|Mountain|Disaster Risk Reduction|Livelihood Security|Sustainable Development
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