Integrated assessment on the vulnerability of animal husbandry to snow disasters under climate change in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Wei, Yanqiang; Wang, Shijin; Fang, Yiping; Nawaz, Zain

doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2017.08.017

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“…F 2 ' = −0.183x 5 + 0.288x 6 + 0.023x 7 + 0.332x 8 + 0.045x 9 (19) OC' 24 = 0.167 F 1 ' + 0.183 F 2 ' + 1.003 (20) Based on this, it can be estimated that…”

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“…The second is the potential loss of livelihood capital, making livelihood vulnerability mainly the systematic livelihood risk caused by the lack of livelihood capital. However, the diverse livelihood choices and heterogeneous livelihood strategies in this group make it difficult for traditional theories and methods to effectively measure the degree of livelihood vulnerability and accurately assess the risk of intervention poverty [20]. Therefore, at the micro level of the urban enterprise employees' livelihood vulnerability, we can use the framework of "Exposure-Sensitivity-Adaptability" proposed by IPCC to assess whether the relocated employees have the ability to cope with the risk impact.…”

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Study on the Livelihood Vulnerability and Compensation Standard of Employees in Relocation Enterprises: A Case of Chemical Enterprises in the Yangtze River Basin

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The relocation of chemical enterprises along the Yangtze River a necessary means of ecological protection in the Yangtze River Basin. Vulnerability assessment provides a new idea for the study of livelihood ability and compensation standard of employees after relocation. Based on the framework of “Exposure-Sensitivity-Adaptability” proposed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the survey data of 410 employees of relocation enterprises in the Hubei Province of the Yangtze River Basin, this study firstly constructs a livelihood vulnerability evaluation index system and evaluation model, and analyzes whether the employees of relocation enterprises have the ability to cope with the risk impact brought by the Yangtze River Ecological Restoration policy. Then, we use multiple linear regression model to explore the relationship between the group’s exposure, sensitivity, adaptability and livelihood vulnerability. Finally, we design a new compensation standard calculation method for special groups from the perspective of social cost, to alleviate their livelihood vulnerability and provide a theoretical basis and decision support for the government and enterprises to formulate and implement relevant resettlement standards. The results show that: (1) employees of all ages show a certain degree of vulnerability in their livelihood; (2) there are differences in livelihood vulnerability between male and female employees; (3) compared with other positions, the livelihood vulnerability of producers is relatively high, and the vulnerability index is unevenly distributed and internally differentiated; (4) a low family burden ratio, high education, convenient living conditions and complex social network can effectively reduce the vulnerability of employees’ livelihood; (5) the key obstacle factors affecting the sustainable livelihood of families are living convenience, adaptability to relocation, policy understanding, children’s burden ratio, education, and annual income per capita; (6) the alternative opportunity cost method can be used as the basis to determine the compensation standard of the relocated employees, which can better reflect the compensation effect of the opportunity cost in the existing definition of international compensation mechanisms and realize the leap from concept to action.

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“…F 2 ' = −0.183x 5 + 0.288x 6 + 0.023x 7 + 0.332x 8 + 0.045x 9 (19) OC' 24 = 0.167 F 1 ' + 0.183 F 2 ' + 1.003 (20) Based on this, it can be estimated that…”

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confidence: 93%

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confidence: 99%

Study on the Livelihood Vulnerability and Compensation Standard of Employees in Relocation Enterprises: A Case of Chemical Enterprises in the Yangtze River Basin

Zhao

Chen

Gao

et al. 2020

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“…Extreme weather can bring cyclonic storms and anomalous snowfall over a very short period leading to unstable snow cover and a high risk of snow avalanches during and after the storms. Frequent snow storms pose a risk for animal husbandry in the QTP where snow disasters occur on an almost annual basis (Wang et al 2016;Wei et al 2017), also causing severe damage to infrastructure, including electricity transmission lines (Yeh et al 2014). These kinds of severe snowstorm, which lead to large-scale loss of livestock, are projected to increase in intensity and frequency with climate change and expose the Tibetan herder communities to increasing risks (Wang et al 2016;Yeh et al 2014).…”

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Contributions of the cryosphere to mountain communities in the Hindu Kush Himalaya: a review

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There is a growing recognition of the contribution of the cryosphere to human societies. This is especially important in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH), where poverty and vulnerability are high and climate change impacts on the cryosphere are strong. However, there is a lack of synthesized knowledge about the contributions of the cryosphere to high mountain communities. This paper uses a cryosphere service framework-a derivative of the ecosystem service concept-to classify different goods and services provided by the cryosphere. Case studies were selected using an adapted systematic review methodology. These studies were then synthesized and examined through the lens of critical political ecology. The review shows that while the cryosphere provides a whole range of goods and services for mountain communities, not all of these are well documented. Material services like the supply of water for irrigation and agriculture, and disservices such as disasters, are better documented than non-material services like the spirituality of landscapes. The majority of the case studies do not use an interdisciplinary lens. While some studies on irrigation discuss the physical basis and human organization of irrigation, the literature on disasters mostly focuses on the physical processes and at most generalized loss and damage assessments. Further, most case studies do not use the critical epistemologies needed to examine how politics, power, and intersectionality influence societal responses to changes in the cryosphere. The paper suggests that future studies adopt interdisciplinary collaboration to understand human impacts and adaptive responses through critical political ecology frameworks.

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“…On the other hand, landraces adapted in the Himalayas and Hengduanshan regionsare untapped reservoirs of genetic resources on farms. Thus, from the QTP and its adjacent region, investigation of the relationship of GS with phenotypic traits and environmental factors may unravel the knowledge of adaptive evolution of genetic resource on farm.Animal husbandry (approximately 21 million head of livestock from a recent estimate) strengthens the QTP economy along with its agriculture [26]. Although the QTP is gaining self-sufficiency in feeding its people through its own cultivation, the production of fodder crops within the limited arable land is becoming an uphill task [27].…”

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“…Animal husbandry (approximately 21 million head of livestock from a recent estimate) strengthens the QTP economy along with its agriculture [26]. Although the QTP is gaining self-sufficiency in feeding its people through its own cultivation, the production of fodder crops within the limited arable land is becoming an uphill task [27].…”

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Genome Size Unaffected by Variation in Morphological Traits, Temperature, and Precipitation in Turnip

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Genome size (GS) was proposed as proxy for gross phenotypic and environmental changes in plants. GS organismal complexity is an enigma in evolutionary biology. While studies pertaining to intraspecific GS variation are abundant, literatures reporting the adaptive significance of GS are largelymissing. During food shortage, Brassica rapa var. rapa (turnip) is used as food and fodder for sustaining the livelihood of residents in the Qinghai Tibetan Plateau (QTP), which is also known as “the roof of the world”. Thus, climatic extremities make this region a natural environment to test adaptive significance of GS variation in turnip landraces. Therefore, from the QTP and its adjacent regions (the Hengduanshan and the Himalayas), we investigated adaptive evolution of GS in turnip landraces. Tuber diameter of turnip landraces was found to be significantly correlated with most of the environmental factors. GS was also shown not to be associated with morphological traits, temperature, and precipitation. Moreover, principal component analyses based on the whole dataset trisected the landraces into three distinct populations based on landrace usage—Hengduanshan, QTP, and the Himalayas. Nonetheless, our cumulative dataset showed evidence of adaptation of turnip landrace to different environments throughnonassociated genomic and phenomic plasticity.

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Integrated assessment on the vulnerability of animal husbandry to snow disasters under climate change in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Cited by 45 publications

References 67 publications

Study on the Livelihood Vulnerability and Compensation Standard of Employees in Relocation Enterprises: A Case of Chemical Enterprises in the Yangtze River Basin

Study on the Livelihood Vulnerability and Compensation Standard of Employees in Relocation Enterprises: A Case of Chemical Enterprises in the Yangtze River Basin

Contributions of the cryosphere to mountain communities in the Hindu Kush Himalaya: a review

Genome Size Unaffected by Variation in Morphological Traits, Temperature, and Precipitation in Turnip

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