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1 van Aalst, M. K. 2006. The impacts of climate change on the risk of natural disasters. Disasters, 30(1):5-18.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 7486 Record No: H038194)
2 Ma, L.; Chan, J.; Davidson, N. E.; Turk, J. 2007. Initialization with diabatic heating from satellite-derived rainfall. Atmospheric Research, 85:148-158.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: P 7942 Record No: H040309)
3 Ghassemi, F.; White, D.; Cuddy, S.; Nakanishi, T. (Eds.) 2001. MODSIM 2001, International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, 10-13 December 2001: Integrating Models for Natural Resources Management Across Disciplines, Issues and Scales: Proceedings, Volume 4, General Systems. Canberra, Australia: Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand. pp.1589-2178.
Simulation models ; Decision support tools ; GIS ; Natural resources management ; Reservoir operation ; Cyclones ; Storms ; Risk management ; Forest management ; Ecosystems ; Rice ; Nitrogen ; Wheat ; Dry farming ; Farming systems ; Water balance ; Erosion ; Livestock ; Agroforestry ; Drinking water ; Neural networks ; Rivers ; Water quality ; Soil salinity ; Groundwater / Australia / New Zealand
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 003.3 G000 GHA Record No: H040389)
4 Vrba, J.; Verhagen, B. T. (Eds.) 2011. Groundwater for emergency situations: a methodological guide. Paris, France: UNESCO. International Hydrological Programme (IHP). 316p. (UNESCO IHP-VII Series on Groundwater No. 3)
Water resources ; Groundwater recharge ; Disaster preparedness ; Drinking water ; Water supply ; Geology ; Hydrogeology ; Hydrology ; Remote sensing ; GIS ; Mathematical models ; Risk assessment ; Risk management ; Water governance ; Policy ; Early warning systems ; Natural disasters ; Flooding ; Drought ; Earthquakes ; Landslides ; Tsunamis ; Storms ; Cyclones ; Volcanoes ; Water flow ; Aquifers ; Isotopes ; Case studies ; Sewage ; Drainage ; Rehabilitation ; Chemical composition ; Analytical methods ; Satellite surveys ; Satellite imagery ; Capacity building / South Africa / South Germany / Czech Republic / India / China / Peru / Maldives / Sri Lanka / Japan / Molasses Basin / Labe River / Elbe River / Orissa / Shenthen Xikeng Reservoir
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044405)
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The aim of the UNESCO IHP project ‘Groundwater for Emergency Situations’ (GWES) is to consider natural catastrophic events that could adversely influence human health and life and to identify in advance emergency groundwater resources resistant to natural disasters that could replace damaged public and domestic drinking water supplies. The GWES project was approved during the 15th session of the Intergovernmental Council of the International Hydrological Programme (IHP). It was included in the Implementation Plan of the Sixth Phase of the IHP (2002–2007), Theme 2: ‘Integrated watershed and aquifer dynamics’, under the title ‘Identification and management of strategic groundwater bodies to be used for emergency situations as a result of extreme events or in case of conflicts’. The Second phase of the GWES project is implemented within IHP VII (2008–2013) by an International Working Group composed of UNESCO, and IAH representatives and experts from different regions of the world.
5 Boomgaard, P. (Ed.) 2007. A world of water: rain, rivers and seas in Southeast Asian histories. Leiden, Netherlands: KITLV Press. 368p. (Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde)
Water resources ; Water management ; Water rights ; Water pollution ; Water rights ; Health hazards ; Waterborne diseases ; Malaria ; Dengue ; Drinking water ; Irrigation water ; Irrigation systems ; Institutions ; Drainage ; Privatization ; Historical aspects ; Geography ; Sharks ; Fisheries ; Communal irrigation systems ; Irrigated farming ; Irrigated rice ; Conflict ; Seas ; Disasters ; Sewage ; Climate change ; Hazards ; Storms ; Cyclones ; Flooding ; Rain ; Earthquakes ; Typhoons ; Case studies ; Economic aspects ; Social aspects ; Political aspects ; Environmental effects / Southeast Asia
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6 Lal, M. 2008. Implication of climate change in South Asia on the interlinking projects of Indian rivers. In Mirza, M. M. Q.; Ahmed, A. U.; Ahmad, Q. K. (Eds.). Interlinking of rivers in India: issues and concerns. Leiden, Netherlands: CRC Press. pp.187-217.
Climate change ; Rivers ; Water resources ; Water availability ; Water stress ; Irrigated sites ; Rain ; Precipitation ; Temperature ; Cyclones ; Flow discharge ; Hydrological factors / South Asia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 363.6 G000 MIR Record No: H045877)
7 Biggs, E. M.; Boruff, B.; Bruce, E.; Duncan, J. M. A.; Haworth, B. J.; Duce, S.; Horsley, J.; Curnow, Jayne; Neef, A.; McNeill, K.; Pauli, N.; Van Ogtrop, F.; Imanari, Y. 2014. Environmental livelihood security in Southeast Asia and Oceania: a water-energy-food-livelihoods nexus approach for spatially assessing change. White paper. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 114p. [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2014.231]
Environmental sustainability ; Environmental management ; Ecological factors ; Biodiversity ; Living standards ; Water security ; Energy conservation ; Food security ; Climate change ; Temperature ; Precipitation ; Cyclones ; Agriculture ; Farmland ; Demography ; Urbanization ; Sociocultural environment ; Gender ; Community management ; Institutions ; Political aspects ; Remote sensing ; Natural disasters ; Monitoring ; Sustainable development ; Assessment / Southeast Asia / Oceania
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H046758)
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8 Sahni, P.; Ariyabandu, M. M. (Eds.) 2003. Disaster risk reduction in South Asia. New Delhi, India: Prentice-Hall of India. 372p.
Natural disasters ; Disaster risk management ; Risk reduction ; Disaster preparedness ; Public education ; Capacity building ; Community involvement ; Gender ; Living standards ; Organizations ; Partnerships ; Health services ; Development plans ; Building construction ; Information technology ; Remote sensing ; Insurance ; Drought ; Cyclones ; Case studies ; Stakeholders / South Asia / Pakistan / India / Bangladesh / Nepal / Tharparkar
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 363.348 G570 SAH Record No: H047086)
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9 Qureshi, Asad Sarwar. 2005. Climate change and water resources management in Pakistan. In Mirza, M. M. Q.; Ahmad, Q. K. (Eds.). Climate change and water resources in South Asia. Leiden, Netherlands: A. A. Balkema. pp.197-230.
Climate change ; Water resources development ; Water management ; Surface water ; Irrigated farming ; Water use ; Rural economy ; Groundwater table ; Water quality ; Water storage ; Water availability ; Tube wells ; Water demand ; Saline water ; Waterlogging ; Soil salinization ; Surface drainage ; Rain ; Temperature ; Drought ; Flooding ; Cyclones ; Coastal area ; Land use ; River basins / Pakistan / Indus River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 577.22 G570 MIR Record No: H047180)
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10 Ray, K.; Mohapatra, M.; Bandyopadhyay, B. K.; Rathore, L. S. (Eds.) 2015. High-impact weather events over the SAARC Region. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing; New Delhi, India: Capital Publishing Company. 414p. [Selected papers presented at the SAARC Seminar on High Impact Weather Events over SAARC Region, New Delhi, India, 2-4 December, 2013] [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10217-7]
Weather forecasting ; Simulation models ; Remote sensing ; Radar satellite ; Satellite observation ; Assimilation ; Monsoon climate ; Rainfall patterns ; Hail ; Natural disasters ; Thunderstorms ; Cyclones ; Drought ; Temperature ; Clouds ; Early warning systems ; Diagnostic techniques ; Performance evaluation ; Statistical methods ; Agriculture ; Monitoring ; Assessment ; Coastal area ; Case studies / South Asia / India / Bangladesh / Pakistan / Arabian Sea / Bay of Bengal / Uttar Pradesh / Gujarat / Bihar / Delhi / Uttarakhand / Cherrapunji
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 551.6 G570 RAY Record No: H047218)
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11 Bahinipati, C. S. 2015. Determinants of farm-level adaptation diversity to cyclone and flood: insights from a farm household-level survey in Eastern India. Water Policy, 17(4):742-761. [doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2014.121]
Climate change adaptation ; Farmer participation ; Disaster risk management ; Cyclones ; Flooding ; Crop losses ; Farm income ; Households ; Socioeconomic environment ; Models ; Institutions ; Coastal area ; Surveys / Eastern India / Odisha / Balasore / Kendrapada / Jajpur
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047668)
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A large number of farmers’ livelihoods are susceptible to cyclones and floods, and farmers are taking up several adaptation mechanisms. Previous studies, therefore, have examined determinants of various adaptation options and provide policy suggestions to promote a specific one. However, options are undertaken at different points depending on the nature and intensity of extreme events. Hence, it is imperative to identify factors influencing farmers’ decisions to adopt an additional option, particularly during ex-ante and ex-post periods. This could assist policymakers to enhance various farm-level adaptation options. Using survey data from 285 farm households in cyclone-and flood-prone regions in eastern India, this study aims to assess the determinants of adaptation diversity. This study finds that the likelihood of undertaking adaptation diversity is high during the ex-post period, and cyclone-affected farmers are likely to adopt a higher number of adaptation measures. Further, size of household, farming experience, per capita income, agriculture as major source of income and crop loss compensation received are some of the important determinants. These findings emphasize the need for investments in scientific modeling for better prediction of extreme events and suggest restructuring the existing institutions to promote several farm-level adaptation measures.
12 Lacombe, Guillaume; Chinnasamy, Pennan; Nicol, Alan. 2019. Review of climate change science, knowledge and impacts on water resources in South Asia. Background Paper 1. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 73p. (Climate Risks and Solutions: Adaptation Frameworks for Water Resources Planning, Development and Management in South Asia) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2019.202]
Climate change adaptation ; Water resources development ; Water management ; Water use efficiency ; Water power ; Water quality ; Domestic water ; Drinking water ; Environmental impact assessment ; Rain ; Temperature ; Evaporation ; Surface water ; International waters ; Aquifers ; Groundwater recharge ; Stream flow ; Industrial uses ; Risk management ; Flooding ; Coastal area ; Drought ; Contamination ; Cyclones ; Sedimentation ; Landslides ; Precipitation ; Sea level ; Meltwater ; Erosion ; Land use ; Semiarid zones ; Knowledge ; Monitoring ; Infrastructure ; Decision making ; Governance ; Hydrological factors ; Models ; Aerosols / South Asia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049184)
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13 Goswami, R.; Roy, K.; Dutta, S.; Ray, K.; Sarkar, S.; Brahmachari, K.; Nanda, M. K.; Mainuddin, M.; Banerjee, H.; Timsina, J.; Majumdar, K. 2021. Multi-faceted impact and outcome of COVID-19 on smallholder agricultural systems: integrating qualitative research and fuzzy cognitive mapping to explore resilient strategies. Agricultural Systems, 189:103051. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103051]
Smallholders ; Agricultural systems ; COVID-19 ; Pandemics ; Cyclones ; Coping strategies ; Irrigation water ; Salinity ; Crop production ; Soil fertility ; Livestock ; Market access ; Labour ; Farmers ; Household income ; Household expenditure ; Stakeholders ; Nongovernmental organizations ; Villages ; Qualitative analysis / India / West Bengal / Sundarbans
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050287)
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The shock of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has disrupted food systems worldwide. Such disruption, affecting multiple systems interfaces in smallholder agriculture, is unprecedented and needs to be understood from multi-stakeholder perspectives. The multiple loops of causality in the pathways of impact renders the system outcomes unpredictable. Understanding the nature of such unpredictable pathways is critical to identify present and future systems intervention strategies. Our study aims to explore the multiple pathways of present and future impact created by the pandemic and “Amphan” cyclonic storm on smallholder agricultural systems. Also, we anticipate the behaviour of the systems elements under different realistic scenarios of intervention. We explored the severity and multi-faceted impacts of the pandemic on vulnerable smallholder agricultural production systems through in-depth interactions with key players at the micro-level. It provided contextual information, and revealed critical insights to understand the cascading effect of the pandemic and the cyclone on farm households. We employed thematic analysis of in-depth interviews with multiple stakeholders in Sundarbans areas in eastern India, to identify the present and future systems outcomes caused by the pandemic, and later compounded by “Amphan”. The immediate adaptation strategies of the farmers were engaging family labors, exchanging labors with neighbouring farmers, borrowing money from relatives, accessing free food rations, replacing dead livestock, early harvesting, and reclamation of waterbodies. The thematic analysis identified several systems elements, such as harvesting, marketing, labor accessibility, among others, through which the impacts of the pandemic were expressed. Drawing on these outputs, we employed Mental Modeler, a Fuzzy-Logic Cognitive Mapping tool, to develop multi-stakeholder mental models for the smallholder agricultural systems of the region. Analysis of the mental models indicated the centrality of “Kharif” (monsoon) rice production, current farm income, and investment for the next crop cycle to determine the pathways and degree of the dual impact on farm households. Current household expenditure, livestock, and soil fertility were other central elements in the shared mental model. Scenario analysis with multiple stakeholders suggested enhanced market access and current household income, sustained investment in farming, rapid improvement in affected soil, irrigation water and livestock as the most effective strategies to enhance the resilience of farm families during and after the pandemic. This study may help in formulating short and long-term intervention strategies in the post-pandemic communities, and the methodological approach can be used elsewhere to understand perturbed socioecological systems to formulate anticipatory intervention strategies based on collective wisdom of stakeholders.
14 Jayadas, A.; Ambujam, N. K. 2021. Research and design of a farmer resilience index in coastal farming communities of Tamil Nadu, India. Journal of Water and Climate Change, 16p. (Online first) [doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wcc.2021.076]
Climate change adaptation ; Resilience ; Marginal farmers ; Research ; Coastal areas ; Communities ; Extreme weather events ; Natural disasters ; Precipitation ; Cyclones ; Flooding ; Households ; Villages ; Vulnerability / India / Tamil Nadu / Cuddalore / Silambimangalam / Chinnakomatti
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050462)
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Climate disasters have a high impact on farming communities in terms of crop loss or reduced income. In the context of disasters, resilience is defined as the capacity to absorb its impacts, bounce back and even improve their previous status. The recent past two disasters namely Cyclone Thane (2011) and the South Indian floods (2015) had caused major crop loss in Cuddalore, India. A Farmer Resilience Index (FRI) has been assessed at the household level using primary data from 93 households (total) in Silambimangalam and Chinnakomatti villages in Cuddalore, with respect to the 2011 and 2015 disasters. The index has 18 parameters and 55 variables under four dimensions, namely, economic, social, technical, and physical. Farmers in both villages have average resilience to precipitation extremes, with FRI of 0.61 and 0.54, respectively. Seventy percent of the total samples are marginal farmers who have the lowest FRI of 0.47 and 4.3% are medium farmers having FRI of 0.83. Marginal farmers are poor and typically belong to lower castes with their farmlands located at lower elevations, which diminish their physical and economic resilience. The outcomes of the index reveal the current adaptive capacities of the farmers and have the potential to support future planning decisions.
15 Xiao, H.; Tang, Y.; Li, H.; Zhang, L.; Ngo-Duc, T.; Chen, D.; Tang, Q. 2021. Saltwater intrusion into groundwater systems in the Mekong Delta and links to global change. Advances in Climate Change Research, 12(3):342-352. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.accre.2021.04.005]
Saltwater intrusion ; Groundwater ; Climate change ; Human activity ; Surface water ; Freshwater ; Salinity ; Sea level ; Precipitation ; Pumping ; Wells ; Deltas ; Cyclones / South East Asia / Vietnam / Mekong Delta / Mekong River Basin / Tibetan Plateau
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050591)
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In recent decades, changes in temperature, wind, and rainfall patterns of Southeast Asia induced by climate warming in the Tibetan Plateau result in many environmental changes that have serious impacts on the lower reach of the Mekong River basin, a region already battling severe water-related environmental problems such as pollution, saltwater intrusion, and intensified flooding. In the densely populated Mekong Delta located at the mouth of the Mekong River basin in southern Vietnam, the hydrogeological systems have been transformed from an almost undisturbed to a human-impacted state and saltwater intrusion into surface water and groundwater systems has grown to be a detrimental issue recently, seriously threatening freshwater supply and degrading the eco-environment. In this article, the impacts of human activities and climate change (e.g., groundwater over-exploitation, relative sea-level rise, storm surge, changing precipitation and temperature regimes, uncontrolled drainage canals, operation of hydropower dams, and rapid development of aquaculture) on saltwater intrusion into groundwater systems in the Mekong Delta are briefly reviewed. Based on current status of research findings regarding saltwater intrusion and the subsequent groundwater quality degradation under the impacts of human activities and climate change, major knowledge gaps and challenges are identified and discussed, including thickness and permeability of the silt and clay aquitard, present-day highly heterogeneous 3D distribution of saline groundwater zones, dynamic variation of saltwater/freshwater transition zone, and the most effective and economical control measure. To bridge these gaps, future work should: 1) apply environmental isotope techniques in combination with borehole tests to gain detailed hydrogeological information regarding spatial variation of permeability and thickness of the silt and clay aquitard; 2) intensify regular groundwater monitoring and collect as much groundwater samples from multiple hydro-stratigraphic units at different depths as possible to visualize the present-day highly heterogeneous 3D distribution of saline groundwater; 3) develop a series of variable-density coupled groundwater flow and salt transport models representing various scenarios of human activities and climate change for predicting future extent of saltwater intrusion; and 4) identify the dominant factor causing saltwater intrusion and determine the most effective and economical engineering technique to address saltwater intrusion problems in the Mekong Delta.
16 Thiery, W.; Lange, S.; Rogelj, J.; Schleussner, C.-F.; Gudmundsson, L.; Seneviratne, S. I.; Andrijevic, M.; Frieler, K.; Emanuel, K.; Geiger, T.; Bresch, D. N.; Zhao, F.; Willner, S. N.; Buchner, M.; Volkholz, J.; Bauer, N.; Chang, J.; Ciais, P.; Dury, M.; Francois, L.; Grillakis, M.; Gosling, S. N.; Hanasaki, N.; Hickler, T.; Huber, V.; Ito, A.; Jagermeyr, J.; Khabarov, N.; Koutroulis, A.; Liu, W.; Lutz, W.; Mengel, M.; Muller, C.; Ostberg, S.; Reyer, C. P. O.; Stacke, T.; Wada, Y. 2021. Intergenerational inequities in exposure to climate extremes. Science, 374(6564):158-160. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abi7339]
Extreme weather events ; Climate change ; Global warming ; Drought ; Flooding ; Cyclones ; Wildfires ; Crop losses ; Forecasting ; Vulnerability ; Emission reduction ; Models
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050714)
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Under continued global warming, extreme events such as heat waves will continue to rise in frequency, intensity, duration, and spatial extent over the next decades (1–4). Younger generations are therefore expected to face more such events across their lifetimes compared with older generations. This raises important issues of solidarity and fairness across generations (5, 6) that have fueled a surge of climate protests led by young people in recent years and that underpin issues of intergenerational equity raised in recent climate litigation. However, the standard scientific paradigm is to assess climate change in discrete time windows or at discrete levels of warming (7), a “period” approach that inhibits quantification of how much more extreme events a particular generation will experience over its lifetime compared with another. By developing a “cohort” perspective to quantify changes in lifetime exposure to climate extremes and compare across generations (see the first figure), we estimate that children born in 2020 will experience a two- to sevenfold increase in extreme events, particularly heat waves, compared with people born in 1960, under current climate policy pledges. Our results highlight a severe threat to the safety of young generations and call for drastic emission reductions to safeguard their future.
17 Schindler, Alexandra; Singh, Radhika; Adam-Bradford, A.; Laauwen, M.; Ruckstuhl, Sandra. 2023. Anticipatory action in communities hosting refugees and internally displaced persons: an assessment of current approaches. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 24p. (IWMI Working Paper 212) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2024.200]
Refugees ; Internally displaced persons ; Communities ; Vulnerability ; Frameworks ; Food security ; Land ; Water systems ; Disaster preparedness ; Climate change ; Resilience ; Disaster risk reduction ; Mitigation ; Strategies ; Extreme weather events ; Flooding ; Drought ; Storms ; Cyclones ; Forecasting ; Early warning systems ; Fragility ; Conflicts ; Migration ; Assessment ; Policies ; Livelihoods ; Humanitarian organizations ; Case studies / Sahel / Nigeria / Bangladesh / Chad / Burkina Faso / Niger
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H052491)
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This paper is a global literature review of anticipatory action approaches in communities hosting forcibly displaced persons. Anticipatory action, or a set of actions taken to prevent or mitigate a potential disaster before acute impacts are felt, is an essential strategy to reduce the impacts of climate change and extreme weather events. However, due to the complexity and diversity of host community environments, it has proven challenging to incorporate this approach into these contexts. This paper provides a review of the available data on water- and climate-related vulnerabilities in host communities to inform and strengthen anticipatory action approaches and climate adaptation initiatives. It also supports future research for the development of a replicable and scalable mixed-methods model called the Integrated Host Community Vulnerability Framework (IHCVF). This paper starts with a background and technical overview of anticipatory action as it is currently implemented by humanitarian and development organizations. This overview highlights the lack of research on how anticipatory action can take into account the specific vulnerabilities of host communities. The paper then provides a detailed definition of host communities, a term the authors use to refer to the context, institutions and structures within which forcibly displaced persons live, and encompasses both the hosts and the displaced. Finally, it reviews the early stages of development of the IHCVF, including operational needs, specific vulnerabilities to consider, and current gaps in the field that need to be covered with future research. Next, the paper analyzes the types of water- and climate-related vulnerabilities in host communities, and the anticipatory action approaches that organizations are undertaking in those communities, using case studies from Bangladesh, Nigeria and Sahel. The data from these case studies show how existing host community vulnerabilities and food, land and water-related stresses can compound disasters for hosts and forcibly displaced people when impacted by extreme weather events, conflict, disease outbreaks, and food insecurity. Finally, this paper ends with a few conclusions about gaps in the data, including a lack of anticipatory action strategies that prioritize long-term outcomes such as resilience building and adaptation, and the need for guidance on how to better implement anticipatory action and forecast-based humanitarian action in conflict situations. It recommends further research on water- and climate-related vulnerabilities in communities hosting forcibly displaced people to provide practical guidance to inform future programming.
18 Raahalya, S.; Balasubramaniam, P.; Devi, M. N.; Maragatham, N.; Selvi, R. G. 2024. Farmers' resilience index: a tool to metricize the resilience of the farmers towards natural disasters affecting agriculture in India. Water Policy, 26(1):79-93. [doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2023.152]
Natural disasters ; Agriculture ; Farmers ; Resilience ; Factor analysis ; Principal component analysis ; Models ; Cyclones ; Livelihoods ; Indicators ; Human capital ; Social capital ; Natural capital / India / Andhra Pradesh / Krishna Godavari Basin / East Godavari District / West Godavari District / Krishna District / Guntur District
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In the present paper farmers' resilience index (FRI) was constructed considering the natural disaster using five dimensions including physical, social, economic, human and natural. The scale is administered to the 240 paddy farmers in two coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh. Principal component analysis was performed in order to fix the weightage for each variable. About (39.58%) of farmers are resilient to natural disasters with the highest resilience score for financial capital (0.641) and natural capital with less resilience score (0.401). Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was performed to determine how well the generated model of the scale fits the data. The structural equation modelling (SEM) path diagram was developed based on the conceptual model, which uses resilience as a latent variable. The SEM analysis revealed that four dimensions of capital positively affect farmers' resilience except for the human capital which negatively affects resilience. To reduce the effects of natural catastrophes in the upcoming years, the adaptation strategies from the highly resilient places can be examined and put into practice in the less resilient areas. It is imperative that development programmes at all levels incorporate climate awareness and stakeholder capacity building.
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