Climate Change at Peri-urban Contexts:
A Case Study of Jadigenahalli Gram
Panchayat, Bangalore Rural District
S. Manasi, K.V. Raju, S. Poornima, K.P. Rashmi and B.R. Hemalatha
Abstract This paper is an attempt to observe the possibilities of climate change at
the micro level. Accordingly, a trend analysis of climate change variability and its
implications for various issues like the livelihood of people, migration, changes in
the cropping pattern, and land use at the local level have been carried out based on
meteorological and spatial data and perceptions of the local communities regarding
the implications of climate change as well as local environmental changes. The
analysis has been carried out at three levels: the Macro level (An overview of
climate change), the micro level (implications of Climate change), and finally the
micro level implications for the macro level. An examination of meteorological
data, while showing no change in climate at the macro level, points to the
local-level environmental changes which have led to socioeconomic environmental
problems like a greater stress on water availability, changes in cropping pattern and
livelihoods. Interestingly, an analysis of the community perceptions regarding these
issues shows some conformity with scientific claims.
1 Introduction
The Stockholm Conference in the year 1972 was the first international recognition and
manifestation of the urgency to address climate change, affecting both the developed
and developing countries. Ever since, there have been several national and international efforts directed toward combating the effects of climate change. In response to
the international endeavor, India has come out with a “National Action Plan on
Climate Change” (NAPCC). Increased economic activities and changes in lifestyle
S. Manasi (&)
Centre for Research in Urban Affairs, Institute for Social and Economic Change,
Bangalore 560 072, India
e-mail: manasi@isec.ac.in
K.V. Raju Á S. Poornima Á K.P. Rashmi Á B.R. Hemalatha
Centre for Ecological Economics and Natural Resources, Institute for Social
and Economic Change, Bangalore 560 072, India
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
S. Nautiyal et al. (eds.), Climate Change Challenge (3C)
and Social-Economic-Ecological Interface-Building, Environmental Science,
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-31014-5_29
477
A Case Study of Jadigenahalli Gram
Panchayat, Bangalore Rural District
S. Manasi, K.V. Raju, S. Poornima, K.P. Rashmi and B.R. Hemalatha
Abstract This paper is an attempt to observe the possibilities of climate change at
the micro level. Accordingly, a trend analysis of climate change variability and its
implications for various issues like the livelihood of people, migration, changes in
the cropping pattern, and land use at the local level have been carried out based on
meteorological and spatial data and perceptions of the local communities regarding
the implications of climate change as well as local environmental changes. The
analysis has been carried out at three levels: the Macro level (An overview of
climate change), the micro level (implications of Climate change), and finally the
micro level implications for the macro level. An examination of meteorological
data, while showing no change in climate at the macro level, points to the
local-level environmental changes which have led to socioeconomic environmental
problems like a greater stress on water availability, changes in cropping pattern and
livelihoods. Interestingly, an analysis of the community perceptions regarding these
issues shows some conformity with scientific claims.
1 Introduction
The Stockholm Conference in the year 1972 was the first international recognition and
manifestation of the urgency to address climate change, affecting both the developed
and developing countries. Ever since, there have been several national and international efforts directed toward combating the effects of climate change. In response to
the international endeavor, India has come out with a “National Action Plan on
Climate Change” (NAPCC). Increased economic activities and changes in lifestyle
S. Manasi (&)
Centre for Research in Urban Affairs, Institute for Social and Economic Change,
Bangalore 560 072, India
e-mail: manasi@isec.ac.in
K.V. Raju Á S. Poornima Á K.P. Rashmi Á B.R. Hemalatha
Centre for Ecological Economics and Natural Resources, Institute for Social
and Economic Change, Bangalore 560 072, India
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
S. Nautiyal et al. (eds.), Climate Change Challenge (3C)
and Social-Economic-Ecological Interface-Building, Environmental Science,
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-31014-5_29
477