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Assessment of climatic variability risks with application of livelihood vulnerability indices

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  • Nabanita Mukherjee

    (The University of Burdwan)

  • Giyasuddin Siddique

    (The University of Burdwan)

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The study applies vulnerability index models to appraise livelihood vulnerability to climate change of human communities living in coastal fronts of some selected mouzas of Namkhana Block part of the Indian Sundarbans. Primary household surveys (528 households in seven mouzas) are carried out to procure data on indicators of socio-demographic profile, livelihood strategies, health, food, water, social networks, natural disaster and climatic fluctuations. The data then have been processed by indices like livelihood vulnerability index (LVI) and livelihood vulnerability index-intergovernmental panel on climate change (LVI-IPCC) to evaluate and compare vulnerabilities of mouzas currently suffering from physical processes like coastal erosion, embankment breaching and flood events. The research outcome implies that Baliara and Iswaripur mouzas are highly vulnerable (LVI score > 0.600 and LVI-IPCC score > 0.170); Narayanpur, Mousuni, Kusumtala mouzas are moderately vulnerable (LVI score 0.540–0.600 and LVI-IPCC score 0.060–0.170); and Bagdanga, Patibania mouzas are least vulnerable (LVI score > 0.540 and LVI-IPCC score

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  • Nabanita Mukherjee & Giyasuddin Siddique, 2020. "Assessment of climatic variability risks with application of livelihood vulnerability indices," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 22(6), pages 5077-5103, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:endesu:v:22:y:2020:i:6:d:10.1007_s10668-019-00415-3
    DOI: 10.1007/s10668-019-00415-3
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