Rainwater Harvesting as an Adaptation to Climate Change

dc.contributor.authorPandey, Deep Narayanen_US
dc.contributor.authorGupta, Anil K.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAnderson, David M.en_US
dc.coverage.countryIndia, South America, United States, Australia, Arabian Peninsulaen_US
dc.coverage.regionMiddle East & South Asiaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-31T14:49:39Z
dc.date.available2009-07-31T14:49:39Z
dc.date.issued2003en_US
dc.date.submitted2003-12-29en_US
dc.date.submitted2003-12-29en_US
dc.description.abstract"Extreme climate events such as aridity, droughts, floods, cyclones, and stormy rainfall are expected to leave an impact on human society. It is also expected to generate widespread response to adapt and mitigate the sufferings associated with these extremes. Societal and cultural responses to prolonged drought include population dislocations, cultural separation, habitation abandonment, and societal collapse. A typical response to local aridity is the human migration to safer and productive areas. However, climate and culture can interact in numerous ways. We hypothesize that people may resort to modify dwelling environments by adapting new strategies to optimize the utility of available water by harvesting rain rather than migrating to newer areas. We review recent palaeoclimatological evidence for climate change during the Holocene, and match that data with archaeological and historical records to test our 'climate change-rainwater harvest' hypothesis. We find correlation between heightened historical human efforts for construction of rainwater harvesting structures across regions in response to abrupt climate fluctuations, like aridity and drought. Historical societal adaptations to climate fluctuations may provide insights on potential responses of modern societies to future climate change that has a bearing on water resources, food production and management of natural systems."en_US
dc.identifier.citationjournalCurrent Scienceen_US
dc.identifier.citationnumber1en_US
dc.identifier.citationpublocBangalore, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationvolume85en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10535/2400
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.publisherCurrent Science Association/Indian Academy of Sciencesen_US
dc.subjectwater resourcesen_US
dc.subjectclimate changeen_US
dc.subjectadaptationen_US
dc.subjectdroughten_US
dc.subjectsustainabilityen_US
dc.subjectresource managementen_US
dc.subjectethnobotanyen_US
dc.subjectmigrationen_US
dc.subjectarchaeologyen_US
dc.subject.sectorGlobal Commonsen_US
dc.subject.sectorWater Resource & Irrigationen_US
dc.submitter.emaildnpandey@gmail.comen_US
dc.titleRainwater Harvesting as an Adaptation to Climate Changeen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.type.methodologyLiterature Reviewen_US
dc.type.publishedpublisheden_US

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