Project Leader:
Dr. Shiv Someshwar
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Shiv Someshwar
Description:
This project seeks to demonstrate improvements in livelihoods subject to high climate variability in select regions in India and Indonesia. The project will develop and test a livelihood framework at the state or provincial scale, capturing both direct and indirect impacts of climate variability in a policy-relevant manner.
EI Unit:
The International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI)
Cross Cutting Themes:
Hazards and Risk
Core Disciplines:
Social Sciences
Address:
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
61 Rt. 9W
PO Box 1000
Palisades, NY 10964
Project Web Site:
http://iri.columbia.edu/
Collaborating Institutions:
Asian Disaster Preparedness Center – Bangkok, Thailand
Institute for Development Studies – Jaipur, India
Udayana University - Denpasar, Indonesia
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology – Pune, India