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Forest area. Natun Satargaon is one of such villages which shifted about 6 km from
Garbhanga Reserved forest to Rani Reserved forest.
8 Conclusion
The change in peri-urban landscape is inevitable; therefore, the change in natural
resource. This cross-sectional study provides an overview of how the studied landscape is changing with relation to urban impact over time. Results have implications
for development planners in the peri-urban landscape, where the dependence on
forest and the lake for livelihoods are significant among the studied households.
Nevertheless, the increased demand for natural resources from the city has propelled
increase in income, but the quantity harvested has been decreasing in all the three sections of the landscape, irrespective of harvest for domestic or commercial purpose.
Unplanned developmental activities and degradation of land and water resources
have immensely put pressure on the studied resources. Adverse consequences in
the socio-ecological systems like increasing man-animal conflicts, conflicts among
the communities over resources etc. are apparent in the landscape. The interactive
controls like land and water qualities have to be maintained for enhancing natural livelihood assets. Although expansion of the city has acknowledged the area as
eco-sensitive zone, further policy revision is essential to conserve ecosystem and
to ensure sustainable and enhanced ecosystem services to cater the needs of both
rural and urban population. Formulation of new policies or changes in the existing
to encourage positive interplay between diversifying livelihood strategies and natural resource management and SLM practices could help in the attempt to achieve a
sustainable landscape.
Acknowledgements We are thankful to the Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC)
Bengaluru for providing necessary facilities for conducting the research. We are thankful to the
Department of Biotechnology Govt. of India for financial support. This work has been carried out
as part of an Indo-German research cooperation (DFG: Research Unit FOR2432/1 Social-Ecological
Systems in the Indian Rural-Urban Interface: Functions, Scales, and Dynamics of Transition; DBT:
The Rural-Urban Interface of Bengaluru—A Space of Transitions in Agriculture, Economics, and
Society).
References
Aaranyak (2003) Conservation of deepor beel wetland through community participation and
human resources development, final technical report, project no. SWP 2020910AS36, Aaranyak,
Guwahati, India
Agrawal M, Singh B, Rajput M, Marshall F, Bell JNB (2003) Effect of air pollution on peri-urban
agriculture: a case study. Environ Pollut 126(3):323–329
M. Goswami and S. Nautiyal
Forest area. Natun Satargaon is one of such villages which shifted about 6 km from
Garbhanga Reserved forest to Rani Reserved forest.
8 Conclusion
The change in peri-urban landscape is inevitable; therefore, the change in natural
resource. This cross-sectional study provides an overview of how the studied landscape is changing with relation to urban impact over time. Results have implications
for development planners in the peri-urban landscape, where the dependence on
forest and the lake for livelihoods are significant among the studied households.
Nevertheless, the increased demand for natural resources from the city has propelled
increase in income, but the quantity harvested has been decreasing in all the three sections of the landscape, irrespective of harvest for domestic or commercial purpose.
Unplanned developmental activities and degradation of land and water resources
have immensely put pressure on the studied resources. Adverse consequences in
the socio-ecological systems like increasing man-animal conflicts, conflicts among
the communities over resources etc. are apparent in the landscape. The interactive
controls like land and water qualities have to be maintained for enhancing natural livelihood assets. Although expansion of the city has acknowledged the area as
eco-sensitive zone, further policy revision is essential to conserve ecosystem and
to ensure sustainable and enhanced ecosystem services to cater the needs of both
rural and urban population. Formulation of new policies or changes in the existing
to encourage positive interplay between diversifying livelihood strategies and natural resource management and SLM practices could help in the attempt to achieve a
sustainable landscape.
Acknowledgements We are thankful to the Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC)
Bengaluru for providing necessary facilities for conducting the research. We are thankful to the
Department of Biotechnology Govt. of India for financial support. This work has been carried out
as part of an Indo-German research cooperation (DFG: Research Unit FOR2432/1 Social-Ecological
Systems in the Indian Rural-Urban Interface: Functions, Scales, and Dynamics of Transition; DBT:
The Rural-Urban Interface of Bengaluru—A Space of Transitions in Agriculture, Economics, and
Society).
References
Aaranyak (2003) Conservation of deepor beel wetland through community participation and
human resources development, final technical report, project no. SWP 2020910AS36, Aaranyak,
Guwahati, India
Agrawal M, Singh B, Rajput M, Marshall F, Bell JNB (2003) Effect of air pollution on peri-urban
agriculture: a case study. Environ Pollut 126(3):323–329