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DOI	10.1007/s41748-018-0059-5
	What Defines Livelihood Vulnerability in Rural Semi-Arid Areas? Evidence from Pakistan
	Qaisrani, Ayesha; Umar, Muhammad Awais; Siyal, Ghamz E. Ali; Salik, Kashif Majeed
通讯作者	Qaisrani, A
来源期刊	EARTH SYSTEMS AND ENVIRONMENT
ISSN	2509-9426
EISSN	2509-9434
出版年	2018
卷号	2 期号:3 页码:455-475
英文摘要	Rural livelihoods in semi-arid Pakistan are increasingly exposed to climate impacts such as rising temperatures, erratic rainfalls and more intense and frequent climate-related extreme events. This is introducing new risks to the already vulnerable and marginalised societies that lack development and have high poverty rates. This study uses the IPCC Livelihood Vulnerability Index (LVI) approach to analyse the determinants of household livelihood vulnerability defining vulnerability in terms of exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity. It also determines various adaptation responses that farmers apply and elucidates the reasons why some farmers choose not to adapt to climate change. It focuses on three semi-arid districts in Pakistan (Faisalabad, D.G. Khan and Mardan) and uses a sample of 150 rural agricultural households. As per the LVI scores, D.G. Khan is the most vulnerable district to climate change impacts, followed by Mardan and Faisalabad, respectively. Results show that (a lack of) adaptive capacity plays quite an important role in shaping households' livelihood vulnerability for any given degree of exposure and sensitivity. Besides lower exposure and sensitivity to climate change, extremely low levels of adaptive capacity make Mardan more vulnerable to climate change compared to Faisalabad. The paper argues on people-centric development for rural areas through strengthening of agriculture sector as well as providing rural household opportunities for off-farm livelihoods.
英文关键词	Climate change Vulnerability Adaptation Rural livelihoods Semi-arid regions
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	Other Gold
收录类别	ESCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000538757100003
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Geology ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/333378
作者单位	[Qaisrani, Ayesha; Umar, Muhammad Awais; Siyal, Ghamz E. Ali; Salik, Kashif Majeed] Sustainable Dev Policy Inst SDPI, Islamabad, Pakistan
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Qaisrani, Ayesha,Umar, Muhammad Awais,Siyal, Ghamz E. Ali,et al. What Defines Livelihood Vulnerability in Rural Semi-Arid Areas? Evidence from Pakistan[J],2018,2(3):455-475.
APA	Qaisrani, Ayesha,Umar, Muhammad Awais,Siyal, Ghamz E. Ali,&Salik, Kashif Majeed.(2018).What Defines Livelihood Vulnerability in Rural Semi-Arid Areas? Evidence from Pakistan.EARTH SYSTEMS AND ENVIRONMENT,2(3),455-475.
MLA	Qaisrani, Ayesha,et al."What Defines Livelihood Vulnerability in Rural Semi-Arid Areas? Evidence from Pakistan".EARTH SYSTEMS AND ENVIRONMENT 2.3(2018):455-475.