Aparna Bera|Gowhar Meraj|Shruti Kanga|Majid Farooq|Suraj Kumar Singh|Netrananda Sahu|Pankaj Kumar
Vulnerability and Risk Assessment to Climate Change in Sagar Island, India
Gyan Vihar University|Gyan Vihar University|Gyan Vihar University|Gyan Vihar University|Gyan Vihar University|University of Delhi|Institute for Global Environmental Strategies
inhabitants lowlying islands face increased threats due climate change result higher exposure lesser adaptive capacity sagar island largest inhabited estuarine island sundarbans experiencing severe coastal erosion frequent cyclones flooding storm surges breaching embankments resulting land livelihood property loss displacement people huge scale present study assessed climate changeinduced vulnerability risk sagar island india using integrated geostatistical geoinformaticsbased approach based ipcc ar5 framework proportion variance 26 exposure hazard sensitivity adaptive capacity parameters measured analyzed results showed 195 mouzas administrative units island 1533 population southern part island ie sibpurdhablat bankimnagarsumatinagar beguakhalimahismari high risk 070080 concluded island undergone tremendous land system transformations changes climatic patterns therefore need formulate comprehensive adaptation strategies policy decisionmaking levels help communities island deal adverse impacts climate change findings study help adaptation strategies based sitespecific information sustainable management marginalized populations living similar islands worldwide