Open AccessAdaptability and transformability of socio-ecological system: Exploring the resilience of Mulavukad panchayat in Ernakulum district of Kerala
Author(s) -
C A Bindu,
V Subha
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/1114/1/012045
Subject(s) - adaptability , psychological resilience , bridge (graph theory) , population , geography , social system , ecology , ecological systems theory , adaptation (eye) , resilience (materials science) , community resilience , socioeconomics , sociology , engineering , psychology , social science , demography , biology , physics , redundancy (engineering) , neuroscience , reliability engineering , psychotherapist , thermodynamics , anatomy
The functioning of our community is dependent on the social, economic, environmental & physical components and the interplay between them. Disruption of one component can affect the others and can damage the functioning of the entire system. The variations in damage caused by stress, shocks etc depends on the ability of the social, physical, economic, ecological and institutional capacities to absorb them. This paper focuses on the theory of adaptive cycle and the adaptations & transformations underwent in Mulavukad panchayat is overlaid on the adaptive cycle to envisage and collate the occurrences. Mulavukad panchayat lies a few kilometres from Kochi city, which is the most urbanized city in the state of Kerala. The panchayat comprising of Bolgatty and Vallarpadam Islands has a total area of 19.25 Sq. km with a population of 21833. The introduction of Goshree Bridge in 2004 brought dramatic changes to the community that resonated in all sectors. The study shows that the social, ecological and economic system in this panchayat underwent adaptations and transformations in relation to the changing scenarios.