Weather Matters: alleviating the consequences of climate change for housing and mobility in the Himalayas

天气很重要：减轻气候变化对喜马拉雅山住房和流动性的影响

• 批准号: ES/P010008/1
• 负责人: Heid Jerstad
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Edinburgh
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Fellowship
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2017 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FP010008%2F1
• 关键词: Weather; Matters; alleviating; consequences; climate

People in countries like India and Nepal across the Global South are dealing with the consequences of climate change in the shape of disasters and of gradual shifting in weather patterns over time. These changes cross-cut other changes: new roads, new building materials, labour markets, monetisation of the economy - all creating new uncertainties. How, then, to alleviate these issues? As Longhurst, Chambers and Swift (1986) argued, the problematic disconnect between development and policy thinking and what happens 'out there' on the ground is, in part, due to seasonal and weather factors. The monsoon literally obstructs movement. Seasons, particularly with climate change, do not fit the appropriate bureaucratic structures. This means weather-related issues such as unsuitable housing and rain-related landslides are at risk of being ignored. This project looks at uncomfortable and high-emission domestic cement structures alongside rain-related landslides and the effects of these on labour migration. It will make important contributions to reducing emissions from new builds in India and rethinking Himalayan work patterns in the light of monsoon landslides.The use of cement in the built environment carries a cost of high CO2 emissions (Griffin 1987), and of discomfort in the heat and in cold temperatures, with potential health risks and added energy demands to regulate the indoor climate. At the same time the lure of 'modernity' means cement construction is widespread in South Asia (as it is globally). With this fellowship, I will work towards alleviating the negative effects of this material through working with colleagues in India to raise awareness of the unhelpful qualities of cement and promote other building materials.Migratory patterns in the Himalayas mean that for many villages family members are elsewhere, earning wages that they feed back into the household economy. These and the goods this money buys as well as government services such as healthcare and education depend on transport into and out of the hills. Changing rainfall, in winter as well as during the monsoon, threaten these systems by causing landslides that block the road. The proposed project will build up the research community in and between India, Nepal and the UK through networking and the Weather Matters online hub. It will build networks beyond academia through linking up people working on climate-change related topics such as landslides and housing at ICIMOD, TERI, JNU and beyond.The aim of this project is to engage constructively with policymakers on the impact of cement construction on wider welfare, quality of life and economic development in the region and ultimately to reduce the use of cement in construction in India, on the grounds of emissions and discomfort, energy costs and health risk. In addition, I plan to galvanise the conversation about patterns of employment in the Himalayas in the light of climate-change exacerbated landslides that block mountain roads. This should contribute to government policy on the infrastructures that facilitate employment and habitationpatterns.

像印度和尼泊尔这样的南半球国家的人们正在以灾害的形式应对气候变化的后果，并随着时间的推移逐渐改变天气模式。这些变化贯穿了其他变化：新建道路、新建筑材料、劳动力市场、经济货币化--所有这些都产生了新的不确定性。那么，如何缓解这些问题呢？正如Longhurst、Chambers和Swift（1986）所指出的那样，发展和政策思维与“外面”发生的事情之间存在问题的脱节，部分原因是季节和天气因素。季风确实阻碍了运动。季节，特别是气候变化，不适合适当的官僚结构。这意味着与天气有关的问题，如不合适的住房和与降雨有关的山体滑坡，有可能被忽视。该项目着眼于不舒适和高排放的国内水泥结构以及与降雨有关的山体滑坡及其对劳动力迁移的影响。它将为减少印度新建筑的排放和根据季风滑坡重新思考喜马拉雅山的工作模式做出重要贡献。在建筑环境中使用水泥会带来高二氧化碳排放的成本（Griffin 1987），以及高温和低温下的不适，具有潜在的健康风险和调节室内气候的额外能源需求。与此同时，“现代性”的诱惑意味着水泥建筑在南亚（就像全球一样）广泛存在。有了这笔奖学金，我将与印度的同事合作，提高人们对水泥无用特性的认识，并推广其他建筑材料，从而努力减轻这种材料的负面影响。喜马拉雅山的移民模式意味着，对许多村庄来说，家庭成员都在其他地方，赚取工资，并将其回馈给家庭经济。这些和这些钱购买的商品以及政府服务，如医疗保健和教育，都依赖于进出山区的交通。在冬季和季风期间，降雨量的变化会造成山体滑坡，堵塞道路，从而威胁到这些系统。拟议的项目将通过网络和Weather Matters在线中心建立印度，尼泊尔和英国之间的研究社区。它将通过连接ICIMOD、TERI、JNU及其他地方从事滑坡和住房等气候变化相关主题工作的人员，建立学术界以外的网络。该项目的目的是与政策制定者就水泥建筑对该地区更广泛的福利、生活质量和经济发展的影响进行建设性接触，并最终减少印度建筑中水泥的使用。因为排放和不适，能源成本和健康风险。此外，我计划激发人们对喜马拉雅山地区就业模式的讨论，因为气候变化加剧了山体滑坡，堵塞了山区道路。这将有助于政府制定促进就业和居住模式的基础设施政策。