Himalayan Climate Change Adaptation Programme - HICAP
HICAP is producing knowledge on how climate change affects natural resources, ecosystem services, and the communities that depend on them.
Local Responses to Too Much and Too Little Water in the Greater Himalayan Region
Five case studies were carried out between June 2008 and September 2009 (in Chitral District, Pakistan; the Koshi basin, Nepal; Bihar, India; Assam, India; and Yunnan province, China) to document adaptation strategies at local or community level to constraints and hazards related to water and induced by climate change in the Himalayan region. The study teams looked at how people are affected by water stress and hazards, their local short and long-term responses, and the extent to which these strategies reduce vulnerability to water stress and hazards. The results are summarized in this synthesis document, which is accompanied by a CD-ROM with reports of the separate case studies.
Status: Completed
Type: Monograph
Author: Frances Klatze, A. Beatrice Murray, Dharma R. Maharjan, Asha Kaji Thaku
Year of publication: 2009
Publisher: International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
Place of publication: Nepal
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