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dc.contributor.advisorChowdhooree, Imon
dc.contributor.authorKarki, Rubina
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-05T09:20:20Z
dc.date.available2023-03-05T09:20:20Z
dc.date.copyright2022
dc.date.issued2022-02
dc.identifier.otherID: 19168003
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10361/17941
dc.descriptionThis thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master in Disaster Management, 2022.en_US
dc.descriptionCataloged from PDF version of Thesis.
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (pages 92-112).
dc.description.abstractThere occurs a close relationship between tourism and climate, where the former is highly dependent on the latter. Despite being a non-negligible contributor to climate change, the tourism business can be considered as a highly climate-sensitive sector due to its close connectivity to the natural environment and climatic conditions. Local perceptions play an important role to understand climate change better, through redirecting the focus towards empirical investigations that often might be overlooked by the modern science. The present research assesses the perception of the local people who are dependent on tourism regarding their understanding and impacts of climate change in their livelihood in different villages of Manang district of Nepal. Manang is among the popular tourist locations of the country while also being located in the Himalayan region. A total of 107 respondents were involved in the study where 84 respondents were surveyed, followed by focus group discussions and interviews. The local people perceived that the climate in their villages have been changing with perceived increased summer and winter temperature, decreased snow fall and snow coverage and reduced or erratic rainfall. Though these perceived changes were observed to be positive for tourism, the stakeholders believe that these changes could negatively impact their livelihood in the long run. Additionally, no adaptation plans have occurred yet since the respondents do not feel the need for adaptation for the time being, however, they are aware that actions must be taken to reduce the impacts of climate change on tourism in the long run. In order to reduce the impacts, appropriate preventive measures and tourism in climate change related policies should be implemented in the tourism sector of Nepal.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityRubina Karki
dc.format.extent115 pages
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBrac Universityen_US
dc.rightsBrac University theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission.
dc.subjectClimate Changeen_US
dc.subjectTourism Industryen_US
dc.subjectHimalayan Communitiesen_US
dc.subjectNepalen_US
dc.subject.lcshClimatic changes--Social aspects--Asia.
dc.titleCommunity perception about climate change: Investigating experiences of Himalayan communities involved in the tourism industryen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Architecture, Brac University
dc.description.degreeM. Disaster Management


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