Application of capital -based approach in the measurement of livelihood sustainability: A case study from the Koshi River basin community in Nepal

doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106474

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	Application of capital -based approach in the measurement of livelihood sustainability: A case study from the Koshi River basin community in Nepal
	Zhang Chenjia 1,2; Fang Yiping 2,3
刊名	ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
	2020
卷号	116 页码:106474
关键词	Livelihood vulnerability Sustainability Livelihood capital Koshi River basin Sustainable livelihoods Nepal
ISSN号	1470-160X
DOI	10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106474
通讯作者	Fang, Yiping(ypfang@imde.ac.cn)
产权排序	1
文献子类	Article
英文摘要	Climate change is classified as a global scale issue, since it impacts numerous and varied regions worldwide without regard for anthropogenic or natural geographic borders. However, household livelihood vulnerability and sustainability are influenced by various factors that differ between countries, districts, and communities. The Hindu Kush Himalayan region has been severely affected, as climate change has profoundly impacted the native people’s livelihood, habitation, and physical infrastructure. In order to develop appropriate and effective adaptation strategies, it is necessary to understand the current livelihoods status of local households, to identify underlying factors that affect their livelihood, and to access vulnerability and livelihood sustainability. In this study, researchers collected data by surveying 130 households from the Koshi River basin (KRB) of Nepal. The study was conducted in three different districts, representing various ecological regions within the KRB, in-cluding: the Kavre distict in the Mid-mountain area, the Sindhuli district in Siwalik Hill, and the Saptari district in the Terai Plains. While the different districts are susceptible to diverse types of climate-induced disasters, all three study areas have suffered huge economic losses in response to climate change. Quantitative assessment of capital-based vulnerability in the rural villages was carried out based on the three dimensions of vulnerability specified by the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach (SLA) and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC): exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity. The Livelihood Vulnerability Index (LVI) and Sustainable Livelihood Index (SLI) was used to assess these three dimensions of vulnerability and sustainability and incorporated a wide range of socio-economic variables that represent human, physical, nat-ural, financial, and social capitals. 45 sub-component indicators were selected to evaluate the five major capitals and ultimately reflect the three vulnerability dimensions. The results suggest that: 1) Kavre households have higher human capital vulnerability; 2) the Saptari district may be more vulnerable to natural and physical capital, and 3) the Sindhuli district is more vulnerable to financial and social capital. Investigation into the specific impacts of climate change on rural livelihoods in different environments enhances our understanding of the resulting environmental and socioeconomic changes. Furthermore, it helps identify the specific vulner-abilities pertaining to susceptible communities at a micro level and aids governments and scientists in developing targeted, customized, adaptive strategies to address infrastructure construction, education, public health services, skills training, establishment of early warning systems, and community-based risk reduction schemes, as needed.
电子版国际标准刊号	1872-7034
资助项目	NSFC-ICIMOD Joint Research Project[41661144038] ; International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
WOS关键词	CLIMATE-CHANGE ; VULNERABILITY ; ADAPTATION ; MANAGEMENT ; STRATEGIES ; HOUSEHOLDS ; RESOURCES ; POVERTY ; TRENDS ; INDEX
WOS研究方向	Biodiversity & Conservation ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
语种	英语
出版者	ELSEVIER
WOS记录号	WOS:000540274800005
资助机构	NSFC-ICIMOD Joint Research Project ; International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.imde.ac.cn/handle/131551/34899]
专题	成都山地灾害与环境研究所_山区发展研究中心
通讯作者	Fang Yiping
作者单位	1.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China; 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Mt Hazards & Environm, Chengdu 610041, Peoples R China; 3.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Coll Resource & Environm, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhang Chenjia,Fang Yiping. Application of capital -based approach in the measurement of livelihood sustainability: A case study from the Koshi River basin community in Nepal[J]. ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS,2020,116:106474.
APA	Zhang Chenjia,&Fang Yiping.(2020).Application of capital -based approach in the measurement of livelihood sustainability: A case study from the Koshi River basin community in Nepal.ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS,116,106474.
MLA	Zhang Chenjia,et al."Application of capital -based approach in the measurement of livelihood sustainability: A case study from the Koshi River basin community in Nepal".ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS 116(2020):106474.