The Changing Hindu Kush Himalayas: Environmental Change and Migration

摘要: Livelihoods in the Himalayas have traditionally depended on a multitude of strategies, using available ecosystem services, but also typically encompassing external activities like trade and labour migration. Changes services due to environmental or socio-economic change affect mountain livelihoods, so are likely impact Yet impacts stressors super-imposed local setting and, generally, exacerbate existing household vulnerabilities. Differential vulnerability within between communities is consequence unequal exposure shocks stress, sensitivity livelihoods inequalities terms adaptive capacity. Depending scale damage, capacity affected households communities, issue safety security, availability material assistance, extent livelihood disruption, can adopt one more strategies from portfolio responses, which may include Moreover, favourable conditions along with development transport communication infrastructure some parts mountainous regions created employment opportunities not just for populations, migrant workers neighbouring lowlands.