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Ajay K. Gupta
Researcher at Forest Research Institute
Publications - 14
Citations - 701
Ajay K. Gupta is an academic researcher from Forest Research Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Climate change & Vulnerability. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 14 publications receiving 371 citations. Previous affiliations of Ajay K. Gupta include Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University.
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Sustainable livelihood framework-based indicators for assessing climate change vulnerability and adaptation for Himalayan communities
TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the climate change vulnerability of Himalayan communities, and their potential to adapt to these changes, through assessing their perceived reactions and counter-actions to climate change.
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Climate change adaptation in the western-Himalayas: Household level perspectives on impacts and barriers
Rajiv Pandey,Praveen Kumar,Kelli M. Archie,Ajay K. Gupta,P.K. Joshi,Donatella Valente,Irene Petrosillo +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors assess the use of climate related information for communities in the Himalayan foothills of rural India, and report on the barriers to adaptation planning and actions.
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Mapping socio-environmental vulnerability to climate change in different altitude zones in the Indian Himalayas
Ajay K. Gupta,Mridula Negi,Subrata Nandy,Manoj Kumar,Vishal Singh,Donatella Valente,Irene Petrosillo,Rajiv Pandey +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors systematically analyzed important components of vulnerability and mapped them by weight for four altitude zones in the Indian Himalayas, focusing on components of the three different dimensions of vulnerability (adaptive capacity, exposure, sensitivity) were identified based on the literature.
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Assessing the vulnerability of socio-environmental systems to climate change along an altitude gradient in the Indian Himalayas
Ajay K. Gupta,Mridula Negi,Subrata Nandy,Juha M. Alatalo,Juha M. Alatalo,Vishal Singh,Rajiv Pandey +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explored the socio-environmental vulnerability of socio-ecological systems at different altitudes in the Indian Himalayas and identified indicators of different dimensions of vulnerability (adaptive capacity, exposure, sensitivity) were identified based on literature lists of contributing indicators.
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Agroecology as a Climate Change Adaptation Strategy for Smallholders of Tehri-Garhwal in the Indian Himalayan Region
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report findings of a survey of farmers into the role of agroforestry or agroecological intensification for reducing climate change vulnerability in the Tehri-Garhwal district of Uttarakhand, a Himalayan State of India.