TY - JOUR
T1 - Climate change, monsoon failures and inequality of impacts in South India
AU - Dagdeviren, Hulya
AU - Elangovan, Arthanari
AU - Parimalavelli, Ramanathan
N1 - © 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/12/1
Y1 - 2021/12/1
N2 - This article examines the structural aspects of climate vulnerabilities in the context of monsoon failures. The paper is based on a unique household survey, conducted in Tamil Nadu, India. The study uses a rural differentiation framework to interrogate unequal vulnerabilities to monsoon failures, based on measures such as Gini coefficients and Lorenz curves of monetary losses. Results show that negative consequences of climate change in general, and monsoon failures in particular, intensify pre-existing socio-economic disparities. When the rural differentiation theory is applied in a broader sense, the analysis shows that landed and farming households have greater exposure and losses. When we move beyond these aggregate categories, the revelation is that households with pre-existing disadvantages such as marginal landholders, subsistence farmers and agricultural workers are more vulnerable.
AB - This article examines the structural aspects of climate vulnerabilities in the context of monsoon failures. The paper is based on a unique household survey, conducted in Tamil Nadu, India. The study uses a rural differentiation framework to interrogate unequal vulnerabilities to monsoon failures, based on measures such as Gini coefficients and Lorenz curves of monetary losses. Results show that negative consequences of climate change in general, and monsoon failures in particular, intensify pre-existing socio-economic disparities. When the rural differentiation theory is applied in a broader sense, the analysis shows that landed and farming households have greater exposure and losses. When we move beyond these aggregate categories, the revelation is that households with pre-existing disadvantages such as marginal landholders, subsistence farmers and agricultural workers are more vulnerable.
KW - Climate change
KW - Exposure
KW - India
KW - Loss
KW - Monsoon failures
KW - Rural differentiation
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113555
DO - 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113555
M3 - Article
SN - 0301-4797
VL - 299
JO - Journal of Environmental Management
JF - Journal of Environmental Management
M1 - 113555
ER -