Developing a Geospatial Methodology to Assess Climate Change Adaptation Strategies for Traditional Economy in Bhutan

Project Details

Description

- assessing the nature and extent of climate change, - analysing Land Use Land Cover patterns, - modelling the impact scenarios of climate change on the traditional economy, - identifying indicators of socio-economic development, - formulating viable adaptation strategies to mitigate the sever impacts of climate change on the traditional economy and sustainable socio-economic development. - Conducting Methodology Development and Training Workshop - Generating Terrain / Physiographic Models - Generating Climatic Models - Generating Land Use Land Cover Classification - Mapping Socio-Economic Indicators of Development - Conducting Field Work for Primary Data collection. - Calibrating the Models based on Primary Data - Modelling Impact Scenarios and Adaptation Strategies
Short titleGeoM-4-CCAS
StatusFinished
Effective start/end date1/04/14 → 31/08/15

Fields of Science and Technology Classification 2012

  • 105 Geosciences
  • 507 Human Geography, Regional Geography, Regional Planning

Fields of Science and Technology Classification 2012 (6-digit codes)

  • 507014 Regional development
  • 105403 Geoinformatics

Fields of Science and Technology Classification 2002

  • 1812 Regional development planning
  • 1810 Geographic Information Systems (GIS)