2 Land Use Research and Science Policy-Interface
The development of better land use policy (such as land use development at
regional, state or national level) builds on the sectoral (micro study) perspectives.
These depends on the perceived risks of uncertainty in production due to variety of
factors—such as climate change, socioeconomic, ecological cultural characteristics
of the regions involved, and the technical feasibility of policy measures (Klabbers
et al. 1996). For effective implementation, the scientific and technological research
should support the policy making processes. When science and policy differ then
the outcome in the form of communication is often problematic. The requirement is
—that the scientific information is as per the requirement of policy demand and
should be easily accessible to policy makers and decision takers. The integrated
modeling approach strongly supports this viewpoint (Kaechele and Dabbart
2002; Schaldach et al. 2011a, b; Nautiyal et al. 2010, 2011). On the other, policy
makers and decision takers should formulate requisite information in such a way
that is easily understandable for researchers to provide available scientific information in their deliberations (van den Hove 2007). The integrated modeling
approach should be able to deliver the outcome toward evaluating different policy
scenario at various spatial and temporal scales. Thus, the research needs to help in
making effective science policy recommendations for climate change, land use
development (i.e., impact, causes, effects, adaptation, and mitigation) at local,
regional level, which help to support better policy formulations. The research
endeavors should focus on developing recommendations for micro levels depicting
various geo-climatic regions in country.
There is a need for not only for developing strategies at regional or national level
which is largely a top-down approach but more importantly, to develop a bottom-up
approach to address climate change mitigation and adaptation. This research
approach therefore should aim at adopting a bottom-up approach for sustainable
land use development and to develop mitigation and adaptation strategies, programmes and projects and subsequently after the fruitful research results, to
undertake pilot mitigation and adaptation projects in various agro-climatic regions
of India.
3 Problems Intended to Be Addressed by Proposed
Research Project
The consequences of climate variability could be manifested in several ways, i.e.,
floods, droughts, unprecedented rains, inconsistencies in seasonal temperature etc.
This poses a challenge to developing world due to its dependence on
climate-sensitive economic activities and predominantly in practicing rain-sustained
agricultural activities (Shisanya and Khayesi 2007). About 60 % of the total population in India are engaged in practicing land use related activities. In rural
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The development of better land use policy (such as land use development at
regional, state or national level) builds on the sectoral (micro study) perspectives.
These depends on the perceived risks of uncertainty in production due to variety of
factors—such as climate change, socioeconomic, ecological cultural characteristics
of the regions involved, and the technical feasibility of policy measures (Klabbers
et al. 1996). For effective implementation, the scientific and technological research
should support the policy making processes. When science and policy differ then
the outcome in the form of communication is often problematic. The requirement is
—that the scientific information is as per the requirement of policy demand and
should be easily accessible to policy makers and decision takers. The integrated
modeling approach strongly supports this viewpoint (Kaechele and Dabbart
2002; Schaldach et al. 2011a, b; Nautiyal et al. 2010, 2011). On the other, policy
makers and decision takers should formulate requisite information in such a way
that is easily understandable for researchers to provide available scientific information in their deliberations (van den Hove 2007). The integrated modeling
approach should be able to deliver the outcome toward evaluating different policy
scenario at various spatial and temporal scales. Thus, the research needs to help in
making effective science policy recommendations for climate change, land use
development (i.e., impact, causes, effects, adaptation, and mitigation) at local,
regional level, which help to support better policy formulations. The research
endeavors should focus on developing recommendations for micro levels depicting
various geo-climatic regions in country.
There is a need for not only for developing strategies at regional or national level
which is largely a top-down approach but more importantly, to develop a bottom-up
approach to address climate change mitigation and adaptation. This research
approach therefore should aim at adopting a bottom-up approach for sustainable
land use development and to develop mitigation and adaptation strategies, programmes and projects and subsequently after the fruitful research results, to
undertake pilot mitigation and adaptation projects in various agro-climatic regions
of India.
3 Problems Intended to Be Addressed by Proposed
Research Project
The consequences of climate variability could be manifested in several ways, i.e.,
floods, droughts, unprecedented rains, inconsistencies in seasonal temperature etc.
This poses a challenge to developing world due to its dependence on
climate-sensitive economic activities and predominantly in practicing rain-sustained
agricultural activities (Shisanya and Khayesi 2007). About 60 % of the total population in India are engaged in practicing land use related activities. In rural
Research Approach to Analyze Climate Change Impacts in Rural …
563