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Climate Change and its Impacts on Community Food and Livelihood in Kumaun Himalaya
Field study
Desk/Lab study
Selection of
Data sources
Field Survey
for Data Sources
Verification
Acquisition of
Topographic Maps
1:25000
Acquisition of geo-coded
data (Liss+Pan)
1:25000
Acquisition of
Climate data
GIS Database
Management (DBMS)
Field Survey for Selection
of Representative Micro-
watersheds
Land Use-informatics
Modeling
Climate-informatics
Modeling
Installation of
Weather
Observatories
and Hydrological
Stations
Land Use
Mapping- 1990
Land Use
Mapping- 2010
Climate
1985-90
Climate
2005-10
Visual and Digital Interpretation
of Remote Sending Data
Temperature, Rainfall, Humidity,
Evaporation, Climate Change detection
Ground truth survey of Preliminary
Land use maps for year 1990 and 2010
Final Land- use mapping and
change detection for
Year 1990 and 2010
Geo-hydrological Hazard assessment of
Climate change and land use dynamics
Data Integration and Superimposition
for Impact Assessment of Climate
Change on land use dynamics
1. Decreasing underground water
2. Drying up springs and streams
3. Decreasing Stream Discharge
4. Flood Hazards in Monsoon
5. Erosion Hazards in Monsoon
6. Landslide Hazards in Monsoon
1. Decreasing Irrigated Land
2. Decreasing Fertile Land
3. Changing Crop Pattern
4. Reducing Crop Yield
Reducing Irrigation
Facilities
Agricultural Land
Degradation
Food Deficiency
Migration
Changing Rural Livelihood
Figure 11.2. Procedure Adopted for Study.
 
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