Climate change and changing livelihood in Leh and surrounding villages: A case study of Leh district
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Climate change Livelihood, tourism, agriculture, developmentAbstract
Ladakh have seen tremendous changes in livelihood for the past few decades. Primarily the Ladakh region is dominated by self subsistence based economy. Livelihoods perspectives have been central to rural development thinking and practice in the past decade. But where do such perspectives come from, what are their conceptual roots, and what influences have shaped the way they have emerged? This paper responds to these questions with an historical review of key moments in debates about rural livelihoods, identifying the tensions, ambiguities and challenges of such approaches. In particular, the paper highlights the problems arising from a simplistic application of synthetic frameworks which have come to dominate certain aspects of applied development discussion and practice over the past decade. Looking to the future the paper identifies a number of core challenges, centered on the need to inject a more thorough-going political analysis into the centre of livelihoods perspectives. Ladakh remains closed for rest of the world up to 1974. After the war of 1962 there was drastic change in the socio-economic landscape of Ladakh. This paper is based on the field observations and literature review. An extensive survey has been conducted the Leh city and surrounding selected villages. It has been observed that the most of the villages have seen changes in climate. In 1979 Ladakh has been opened for the rest of the world from tourism industry. Due to tourism industry there are changes in Landuse and landcover of Leh city and its surroundings. The 1962 India-China war had lead to establishment of Ladakh Scouts, which become the main sources of employment for the youth of Ladakh. Percentage of people who are still practicing their parental occupations are higher in Stok, Saboo, Choglamsar and Shay villages. Villagers have found changes in crops for the past 20 years.
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