Assessing impact of varied social and ecological conditions on inherent vulnerability of Himalayan agriculture communities

Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

Authors

Threats of changing climatic conditions on Himalayan agriculture communities are well established and observed. predisposed marginalized social and fragile ecological conditions have increased vulnerability of these communities. However, as vulnerability varies spatially and is effected by the bio-geographical conditions, the information on vulnerability distribution among the different biogeographic zones (BZs) is of value. This study aims to assess impact of social and ecological dimensions on vulnerability of agricultural communities in different biogeographical zones of Himalaya. Inherent vulnerability in different BZs was assessed at village level by performing hierarchal additive clustering. A total of 39 indicators (16 for ecological and 23 for social) were considered and weighed by Analytical Hierarchal Process (AHP). The spatial distribution of different vulnerability indices was analyzed by Global and Local Moran’s Index. The results show presence of very high social vulnerability (0.71 ± 0.11) for middle Himalayas (BZ2) and higher ecological vulnerability (0.68 ± 0.13) for lower Himalayas (BZ1). Among the different zones, middle Himalayas (BZ2) shows the maximum inherent vulnerability. The present study aids the policy-makers and stakeholders in identifying the regions requiring immediate intervention. The study also highlights the factors among social or ecological dimensions which require greater attention than others.

Original languageEnglish
JournalHuman and Ecological Risk Assessment
Volume26
Issue number10
Pages (from-to)2628-2645
Number of pages18
ISSN1080-7039
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

    Research areas

  • Biogeographic zones, ecological vulnerability, inherent vulnerability, social vulnerability
  • Sustainability Governance

Recently viewed

Publications

  1. Links between RCEs and Higher Education Institutions
  2. Heterogenitätssensible Hochschullehre
  3. Towards a critical understanding of work in ecological economics
  4. Embodying relationality through immersive sustainability solutions with Indigenous communities in the Ecuadorian Amazon
  5. Grünes Bruderholz
  6. European and national law in history and future
  7. Formulating and solving integrated order batching and routing in multi-depot AGV-assisted mixed-shelves warehouses
  8. Why protect nature? Rethinking values and the environment
  9. Soziologische Aspekte des Spiels
  10. Operaismo and the Wicked Problem of Organization
  11. Promoting neighbourhood sharing: infrastructures of convenience and community
  12. Labs in the real world
  13. Effect of extrusion and rotary swaging on the microstructural evolution and properties of Mg-5Li-5.3Al-0.7Si alloy
  14. Democratic Horizons
  15. Towards a comparative international history of dockers
  16. The Boundary Objects Concept: Theorizing Film and Media.
  17. Hierarchy and respect
  18. Credit Constraints and the Extensive Margins of Exports
  19. Efficacy of trapping techniques (pitfall, ramp and arboreal traps) for capturing spiders
  20. Identity construction and representation in education - centred internet memes
  21. Deciphering the speed of link: Experimental Evidence of a rapid increase in soil respiration following the onset of photosynthesis
  22. Europe and the Media
  23. Entry, Exit and Productivity
  24. Applying the HES-framework
  25. Copenhagen Diabetes Consensus (CODIAC) 2021
  26. Spanish-speaking caregivers’ use of referential labels with toddlers is a better predictor of later vocabulary than their use of referential gestures
  27. Cost of quality reports and value engineering
  28. Prerequisites and the Success of Transformative Entrepreneurship Education
  29. A field experimental study of analytical problem solving competence-Investigating effects of training and transfer
  30. Milchbubirechnung
  31. Assessing quality in cross-country comparisons of health systems and policies
  32. Vertical gradient in soil temperature stimulates development and increases biomass accumulation in barley