Projects Database

Managing Climate Variability to Improve Livelihoods in South and Southeast Asia: Methods, Tools and Policies

Project Leader:
Dr. Shiv Someshwar

Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Shiv Someshwar

Locations: India, Indonesia

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

Climate and Society

Core Disciplines:
Social Sciences

Earth 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

Last Modified: 12-31-1969