Open AccessImpact of Floods on Livelihoods and Vulnerability of Natural Resource Dependent Communities in Northern Areas of Pakistan
Author(s) -
Nusrat Habib,
Muhammad Anwar,
Asim Zubair,
Naimatullah Hashmi
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
pakistan journal of humanities and social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2709-801X
pISSN - 2415-007X
DOI - 10.52131/pjhss.2017.0502.0026
Subject(s) - sustenance , livelihood , vulnerability (computing) , human settlement , asset (computer security) , hazard , resource (disambiguation) , natural disaster , business , natural resource economics , natural resource , geography , agriculture , environmental planning , political science , economics , computer security , ecology , computer network , archaeology , meteorology , computer science , law , biology
Gilgit and Chitral are thought to be most powerless against atmosphere fluctuation including flooding. The recurrence and seriousness of surges in Northern regions in the course of the most recent decade has expanded extensively. Through subjective demonstrating the paper investigates the effect of surges on normal asset subordinate groups in Northern Areas in particular Gilgit and Chitral. The outcomes show that a few attributes of the socio-social condition seem to moderate hazard and diminish defenselessness. In this specific circumstance, the part of informal communities in improving business security is fundamental. The paper reasons that both if there should arise an occurrence of occasional varieties in horticultural yield and surges, people that have successfully expanded their jobs, both occupationally and geologically, are less delicate than people who predominantly accomplish privilege to sustenance by means of product development. In any case, the peoplegetting settlements were likewise in better condition to alleviate the surge related vulnerabilities in the zone.