气候变化领域集成服务门户(CCPortal): People's Perception of Climate Change Impacts on Subtropical Climatic Region: A Case Study of Upper Indus, Pakistan

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DOI	10.3390/cli12050073
	People's Perception of Climate Change Impacts on Subtropical Climatic Region: A Case Study of Upper Indus, Pakistan
	Ahmad, Bashir; Nadeem, Muhammad Umar; Hussain, Saddam; Hussain, Abid; Virik, Zeeshan Tahir; Jamil, Khalid; Raza, Nelufar; Kamran, Ali; Dogar, Salar Saeed
发表日期	2024
EISSN	2225-1154
起始页码	12
结束页码	5
卷号	12 期号:5
英文摘要	In developing countries like Pakistan, the preservation of the environment, as well as people's economies, agriculture, and way of life, are believed to be hampered by climate change. Understanding how people perceive climate change and its signs is essential for creating a variety of adaptation solutions. In this study, we aim to bridge the gap in current research within this area, which predominantly relies on satellite data, by integrating qualitative assessments of people's perceptions of climate change, thereby providing valuable ground-based observations of climate variability and its impacts on local communities. Field-based data were collected at different altitudes (upstream (US), midstream (MS), and downstream (DS)) of the Upper Indus Basin using both quantitative and qualitative assessments in 2017. The result shows that these altitudes are highly variable in many contexts: socioeconomic indicators of education, agriculture, income, women empowerment, health, access to basic resources, and livelihood diversifications are highly variable in the Indus Basin. The inhabitants of the Indus Basin perceive the climate changing around them and report impacts of this change as increase in overall temperatures (US 96.9%, MS 97%, DS 93.6%) and erratic rainfall patterns (US 44.1%, MS 73.3%, DS 51.0%) resulting in increased water availability for crops (US 38.6%, MS 39.7%, DS 54.8%) but also increasing number of dry days (US 56.7%, MS 85.5%, DS 67.1%). Communities at these altitudes said that agriculture was their primary source of income, making them particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change and the dangers that go along with it. The insights are useful for determining what information and actions are required to support local climate-related hazard management in subtropical climate regions. Moreover, it is vital to launch a campaign to raise awareness of potential hazards, as well as to provide training and an early warning system.
英文关键词	climate change; people perception; livelihood adaptations; hazard management; Upper Indus
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
WOS类目	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
WOS记录号	WOS:001232667000001
来源期刊	CLIMATE
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/306998
作者单位	National Agricultural Research Council - Pakistan; University of Tsukuba; State University System of Florida; University of Florida; University of Agriculture Faisalabad; University of Oulu; Wageningen University & Research
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Ahmad, Bashir,Nadeem, Muhammad Umar,Hussain, Saddam,et al. People's Perception of Climate Change Impacts on Subtropical Climatic Region: A Case Study of Upper Indus, Pakistan[J],2024,12(5).
APA	Ahmad, Bashir.,Nadeem, Muhammad Umar.,Hussain, Saddam.,Hussain, Abid.,Virik, Zeeshan Tahir.,...&Dogar, Salar Saeed.(2024).People's Perception of Climate Change Impacts on Subtropical Climatic Region: A Case Study of Upper Indus, Pakistan.CLIMATE,12(5).
MLA	Ahmad, Bashir,et al."People's Perception of Climate Change Impacts on Subtropical Climatic Region: A Case Study of Upper Indus, Pakistan".CLIMATE 12.5(2024).