Vulnerability to Climate Change: A Sub-regional Analysis of Socio-economic and Agriculture Sectors in Karnataka, India

    Raju, K V and Deshpande, R S and Bedamatta, S (2017) Vulnerability to Climate Change: A Sub-regional Analysis of Socio-economic and Agriculture Sectors in Karnataka, India. Journal of Development Policy and Practice, 2 (1). pp. 24-55. ISSN 24554953

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    Abstract

    Vulnerability assessments can play a vital role in the designing of appropriate adaptation and mitigation policies targeted towards climate change and its impacts on ecosystems, and for those who depend upon the sensitive resources for their livelihoods and well-being. Vulnerability is often reflected in the economic system as well as the socio-economic features of the population living in that system. This article attempts to build a picture of the socio-economic context of vulnerability by focusing on indicators that measure both the state of socio-economic development of the people as well as their capacity to progress further. The result of agricultural vulnerability index suggests indicators such as cropping intensity, gross irrigated area and commercial crop area are the major drivers in determining the vulnerability of the districts of Karnataka. The socio-economic and livelihood index depicts indicators like per capita income, population density and percentage of literacy rate are the major drivers and contribute to the overall livelihood vulnerability of districts.

    Item Type: Article
    Divisions: Research Program : Asia
    CRP: UNSPECIFIED
    Uncontrolled Keywords: Climate change, vulnerability index, principal component analysis, agricultural vulnerability, socio-economic vulnerability, Karnataka, India
    Subjects: Others > Climate Change
    Others > Indian Agriculture
    Depositing User: Mr Ramesh K
    Date Deposited: 10 Mar 2017 09:06
    Last Modified: 06 Mar 2018 18:43
    URI: http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/9901
    Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2455133316676402
    Projects: UNSPECIFIED
    Funders: UNSPECIFIED
    Acknowledgement: This article, based on a larger study was supported by the Global Green Growth Institute and carried out by the Center for Ecological Economics and Natural Resources of Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, India.
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