TY - CHAP

T1 - Socio-Environmental Vulnerability of Agriculture Communities to Climate Change in Western Himalaya: A Household-Level Review

AU - Chauhan, Neha

AU - von Wehrden, Henrik

AU - Joshi, Pawan Kumar

PY - 2022/9/24

Y1 - 2022/9/24

N2 - Himalayan agriculture households face an increased risk of vulnerability due to its harsh intrinsic social and environmental factors. And the changing climatic conditions are further enhancing the vulnerability of these systems. To improve adaptation strategies and policy formulation, the impact of climate change on a household level needs to be accessed. However, comprehending the role of social and environmental factors in vulnerability assessments to climate change has received little attention on a household level. To integrate the knowledge available in the scientific literature, we performed a systematic review of peer-reviewed literature available on household vulnerability assessment (n = 21, focusing on research conducted in the Himalayas region). We evaluated the available literature according to (1) bibliometric features of selected studies and (2) the dynamic of vulnerability assessment. Most of the articles reviewed by us assessed vulnerability utilizing statistical assessment methods. The number of studies incorporating both social and environmental aspects has increased in recent years. Almost 50% of the studies focused on a single stressor, i.e., climate change for vulnerability. Holistic approaches and multi-level assessment are mostly lacking, as studied to combinedly assess both social and environmental factors.

AB - Himalayan agriculture households face an increased risk of vulnerability due to its harsh intrinsic social and environmental factors. And the changing climatic conditions are further enhancing the vulnerability of these systems. To improve adaptation strategies and policy formulation, the impact of climate change on a household level needs to be accessed. However, comprehending the role of social and environmental factors in vulnerability assessments to climate change has received little attention on a household level. To integrate the knowledge available in the scientific literature, we performed a systematic review of peer-reviewed literature available on household vulnerability assessment (n = 21, focusing on research conducted in the Himalayas region). We evaluated the available literature according to (1) bibliometric features of selected studies and (2) the dynamic of vulnerability assessment. Most of the articles reviewed by us assessed vulnerability utilizing statistical assessment methods. The number of studies incorporating both social and environmental aspects has increased in recent years. Almost 50% of the studies focused on a single stressor, i.e., climate change for vulnerability. Holistic approaches and multi-level assessment are mostly lacking, as studied to combinedly assess both social and environmental factors.

KW - Transdisciplinary studies

UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/96c693b8-6cdf-3b2f-8c8e-ab8297840db7/

U2 - 10.1007/978-981-19-3567-1_9

DO - 10.1007/978-981-19-3567-1_9

M3 - Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

SN - 978-981-19-3566-4

SN - 978-981-19-3569-5

SP - 123

EP - 145

BT - Challenges of Disasters in Asia

A2 - Sajjad, Haroon

A2 - Siddiqui, Lubna

A2 - Rahman, Atiqur

A2 - Tahir, Mary

A2 - Ahsan Siddiqui, Masood

PB - Springer

ER -