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Are traditional coping mechanisms effective in managing the risk against extreme events? Evidences from flood-prone region in rural India

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Title Are traditional coping mechanisms effective in managing the risk against extreme events? Evidences from flood-prone region in rural India
 
Creator PATNAIK, U
NARAYANAN, K
 
Subject NATURAL DISASTERS
LIQUIDITY CONSTRAINTS
CONSUMPTION INSURANCE
CLIMATE-CHANGE
POVERTY TRAPS
VILLAGE INDIA
WATER
ETHIOPIA
INVESTMENTS
ADAPTATION
Coping mechanism
Multivariate probit model
Natural disaster
Rural India
 
Description Livelihoods of rural poor in developing countries like India are exposed to risks due to natural disasters like floods. Although these risks are covariate, households are affected in varying degrees due to their location and their relative capacity to cope with them. These in turn are household-specific and are decisive in defining the efficacy of coping mechanisms adopted by households to hedge against the impact of floods. The paper attempts to study the nature of risks faced by households in a major flood-prone region of rural India and examine the effectiveness of coping mechanisms adopted. Findings suggest that (i) floods significantly reduce the consumption of households, (ii) traditional coping mechanisms used to manage the impacts are ineffective in safeguarding the risks to their livelihood and (iii) designing comprehensive coping measures, targeting vulnerable groups and combining informal insurance with safety nets will be useful.
 
Publisher IWA PUBLISHING
 
Date 2016-01-15T10:33:16Z
2016-01-15T10:33:16Z
2015
 
Type Article
 
Identifier WATER POLICY, 17(4)724-741
1366-7017
http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wp.2014.065
http://dspace.library.iitb.ac.in/jspui/handle/100/18356
 
Language en