An evaluation of vegetation health and the socioeconomic dimension of the vulnerability of Jharkhand state of India in climate change scenarios and their likely impact: a geospatial approach

Ahmad Firoz, Uddin Md Meraj and Goparaju Laxmi ()
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Ahmad Firoz: Vindhyan Ecology and Natural History Foundation, Vindhya Bachao Secretariat 36/30, Mirzapur-231001, Uttar Pradesh, India
Uddin Md Meraj: University Department of Mathematics, MCA, Ranchi University, Morabadi Campus, Ranchi-834008, Jharkhand, India
Goparaju Laxmi: Vindhyan Ecology and Natural History Foundation, Vindhya Bachao Secretariat 36/30, Mirzapur-231001, Uttar Pradesh, India

Environmental & Socio-economic Studies, 2018, vol. 6, issue 4, 39-47

Abstract: Geospatial evaluation of various datasets is extremely important because it gives a better comprehension of the past, present and future and can therefore be significantly utilized in effective decision making strategies. This study examined the relationships, using geospatial tools, between various diversified datasets such as land use/land cover (LULC), long term Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) based changes, long term forest fire points, poverty percentage, tribal percentage, forest fire hotspots, climate change vulnerability, agricultural vulnerability and future (2030) climate change anomalies (RCP-6) of Jharkhand state, India, for a better understanding and knowledge of its vegetation health, LULC, poverty, tribal population and future climate change impact. The long term NDVI (1982-2006) evaluation revealed negative change trends in seven northwest districts of Jharkhand state, these were: Hazaribag, Ramgarh, Palamu, Lohardaga, Chatra, Garhwa and Latehar. The forests as well as the agriculture of these districts have lost their greenness during this period. The forest fire frequency events were found to be more pronounced in the land use/land cover of “tropical lowland forests, broadleaved, evergreen,

Keywords: LULC; NDVI; climate change vulnerability; agricultural vulnerability; climate change anomalies (RCP-6); Jharkhand (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.2478/environ-2018-0026

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