Hydrogeological delineation of groundwater vulnerability to droughts in semi-arid areas of western Ahmednagar district

Thomas, Renie; Duraisamy, V.

doi:10.1016/j.ejrs.2016.11.008

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“…This was possible due to their capacity to invest as they had better access to formal credit institutions as well as government schemes that enhance irrigation. The small and marginal farmers, usually lower caste groups, in this context are highly disadvantaged as increased groundwater draft by large and medium farmers, amid climate change and declining productivity has exposed them to a higher degree of vulnerability (Thomas & Duraisamy, 2016).…”

Section: Non-climatic Riskmentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessing differential vulnerability of communities in the agrarian context in two districts of Maharashtra, India

Kuchimanchi

Nazareth

Bendapudi

et al. 2019

Climate and Development

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Climate variability causes multiple difficulties to rural poor. The loss in agriculture production is the most predominant impact among many, especially in drought-prone regions of India. Aggravating this further are the non-climatic risks like depletion of groundwater, land fragmentation, lack of post-harvest structures and disappearing and deteriorating common property resources among many others. Within this context, the current study presents how agrarian livelihoods in rural Maharashtra has been transforming to adapt to both the changing climate and non-climatic drivers. A community engaging vulnerability assessment tool was used to explore the climate risks and vulnerabilities of different social groups. Insights indicate that vulnerability is socially differentiated and across farmer categories and social groups. Caste and social standing play a significant role in access to resources, land ownership, livelihoods choices and approachesimpacting their vulnerability to climate change. The study concludes that vulnerability assessments need to be conducted at lower scales, as climate risks vary even within small clusters of villages. This understanding helps designing programmes and policies that build adaptive capacities of rural poor and thus recommends integrating community engagement into academic research is critical.

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Section: Non-climatic Riskmentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessing differential vulnerability of communities in the agrarian context in two districts of Maharashtra, India

Kuchimanchi

Nazareth

Bendapudi

et al. 2019

Climate and Development

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“…Groundwater is the major irrigation source, and only approximately 10% of the agriculture area is covered under surface irrigation schemes (Mane 2012 ). The availability and occurrence of groundwater is not infinite in the area, and it is restricted only along weathered zones, fractured zones, and joining patterns of trap rocks (Limaye 2010 ; Thomas and Duraisamy 2016 ). Due to the higher groundwater dependence, almost 34% of the basin area has already been classified as an “overexploited” groundwater zone (MWRRA 2015 ).…”

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Identifying hotspots in land use land cover change and the drivers in a semi-arid region of India

Duraisamy¹,

Bendapudi²,

Jadhav³

2018

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The study examines long-term land use/land cover change (LUCC) at a finer scale in a semi-arid region of India. The objectives were to study and quantify the spatiotemporal LUCC and uncover the major drivers causing the change in the Mula Pravara river basin, which is located in a semi-arid region of Maharashtra state, India. Advanced very high-resolution radiometer (AVHRR)-Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) 3g data for the years 1982–2015 were used to identify the ‘hotspot’ with significant positive and negative LUCC. Multi-temporal Landsat imagery was used to produce finer scale land use maps. From 1991 to 2016, the agricultural land area increased by approximately 98% due to the conversion of uncultivable and fallow lands to agriculture. The built-up area increased by 195%, and in recent years, an urban expansion has occurred in agricultural lands close to the urban fringe areas. There has been a shift from food crops to commercial crops, as observed from the steep increase in the amount of land under horticultural plantations, by 1601% from 2001 to 2016. In addition, the area under forest canopy was reduced in the protected regions. Institutional factors that improved access to water resources were the major drivers of change in hotspots, especially in the context of agriculture. Technological and economic factors were the other supporting factors that contributed to the change. This study demonstrates the advantages of using satellite remote sensing techniques to monitor the LUCC, which is useful for predicting future land changes and aids in planning adaptation strategies.

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“…Such farm ponds are also owned by richer farmers leading to equity issues and competition for water resources. Maladaptation: Plastic lining of the ponds has negated efforts to improve groundwater recharge through percolation making the intervention potentially maladaptive and unsustainable, especially at system scale (Kale, 2017;Thomas & Duraisamy, 2018). Economic costs and benefits: A cost-benefit study of farm ponds found that costs of water lost due to evaporation and opportunity costs associated with the farmland converted to farm ponds outweighed the benefits from the intervention.…”

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Interrogating ‘effectiveness’ in climate change adaptation: 11 guiding principles for adaptation research and practice

Singh

Iyer

New

et al. 2021

Climate and Development

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The Paris Agreement articulates a global goal on adaptation, which aims to ensure an 'adequate adaptation response' to the 'global temperature goal', and requires countries to report progress through periodic global stocktakes. However, there remain conceptual and methodological challenges in defining an adaptation goal and mixed evidence on what effective adaptation looks like and how it can be enabled. In this review, we demonstrate how different normative views on adaptation outcomes, arising from different epistemological and disciplinary entry points, can lead to very different interpretations of adaptation effectiveness. We argue that how effectiveness is framed will significantly impact adaptation implementation and outcomes. This, furthermore, represents a way of exercising influence in adaptation decision-making. Eleven principles of effective adaptation are distilled as a way to pluralize guidance in international processes such as the Global Stocktake as well as national and sub-national exercises on tracking and monitoring adaptation.

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Hydrogeological delineation of groundwater vulnerability to droughts in semi-arid areas of western Ahmednagar district

Cited by 41 publications

References 27 publications

Assessing differential vulnerability of communities in the agrarian context in two districts of Maharashtra, India

Assessing differential vulnerability of communities in the agrarian context in two districts of Maharashtra, India

Identifying hotspots in land use land cover change and the drivers in a semi-arid region of India

Interrogating ‘effectiveness’ in climate change adaptation: 11 guiding principles for adaptation research and practice

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