Comments on: Responses to climate change in coastal communities: lessons from India

By: globaldev manager

globaldev manager — Mon, 28 May 2018 04:51:02 +0000

Dear Sandeep, thank you for
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By: sandeep dash

sandeep dash — Fri, 25 May 2018 15:00:01 +0000

It is a well researched
It is a well researched article and informative in terms of the findings. The title, however, is a little misleading as the article focuses on the impact of climate change on peri-urban communities and not on the urban communities of Jamnagar city. The fishing folk of India's coastal cities are quite adept in use of smartphones and numerous apps to access weather forecasts, market information, availability of catch, etc as compared to their counterparts in rural hinterlands. Fishermen of Cochi in Kerala are trendsetters in using technology to optimise catch and minimise weather related risks. In comparison, the poor and underprivileged particularly the migrant labour living in the coastal cities are much more vulnerable in terms of provision of safe drinking water, habitat and loss of livelihood due to vagaries of weather induced by climate change. Population density and externalities exacerbate the impacts on urban communities, necessitating suitable interventions from authorities to mitigate these. Public policy and preparedness therefore need to be different for the coastal cities as compared to the surrounding hinterland, a fact which perhaps merits mention in the article. The Thailand example also needs elaboration than having a passing reference in the article.

By: G Prasad

G Prasad — Sun, 20 May 2018 05:41:34 +0000

Wonderful article by Dr Anil
Wonderful article by Dr Anil Roy. It is very informative and worth emulating by authorities.