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The Implications of Rural Perceptions of Water Scarcity on Differential Adaptation Behaviour in Rajasthan, India

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Singh, Chandni, Osbahr, Henny, Dorward, Peter·2018·Regional Environmental Change

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Water scarcity is one of the most critical issues facing agriculture today. To understand how people manage the risk of water scarcity and growing pressures of increased climate variability, exploring perceptions of risk and how these perceptions feed into response behaviour and willingness to adapt is critical. This paper revisits existing frameworks that conceptualise perceptions of environmental risk and decision-making, and uses empirical evidence from an in-depth study conducted in Rajasthan, India, to emphasise how individual and collective memories, and experience of past extreme events shape current definitions and future expectations of climatic risks. In doing so, we demonstrate the value of recognising the role of local perceptions of water scarcity (and how they vary between and within households) in constructing social vulnerability. This expanded understanding of risk perception is critical for incentivising individual adaptation and strengthening local adaptation pathways.

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  • The usage of bar soap is highly water-intensive, posing a challenge in water-scarce regions such as Rajasthan.

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  1. Slegers MFW (2008b) BIf only it would rain^: farmers' perceptions of rainfall and drought in semi-arid central Tanzania. J Arid Environ 72:2106-2123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2008.06.011 · DOI

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Authors
Singh, C., Osbahr, H., & Dorward, P.
Affiliations
  • Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IN)
  • University of Reading (GB)
Corresponding author
Singh, Chandni
Venue
Regional Environmental Change
Published
2018-05-29
Volume
18
Issue
8
Pages
2417-2432
ISSN
  • 1436-378X (ISSN-L)
  • 1436-3798
OpenAlex
W2805968200
Cited by
86
References
65
Citations by year
2026: 18 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 6
FWCI
5.27
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Regional Environmental Change (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • CentAUR (University of Reading) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Felix Scholarship
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Climate change impacts on agriculture
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Agricultural risk and resilience
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Risk Perception and Management
Keywords
water scarcity, risk perception, climate change adaptation, rural households, social vulnerability, collective memory, extreme events, adaptation decision-making, Rajasthan

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