Mountain Livelihoods, Climate Risk & Eco-Tourism Trade-offs
Mountain Livelihoods, Climate Risk & Eco-Tourism Trade-offs
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Mountain economies operate at the intersection of ecological fragility, tourism markets, climate variability, and migration. This program examines how agrarian transitions, eco-tourism enterprises, and decentralized institutions interact within high-risk environmental contexts. Students explore how livelihood diversification, environmental stewardship, and infrastructure limitations shape adaptive capacity.
Through structured seminars, field mapping exercises, stakeholder dialogues, and eco-tourism case analysis, participants critically evaluate the tension between conservation and commercialization.
Students will:
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Apply climate vulnerability and political ecology frameworks to mountain contexts.
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Conduct eco-tourism value chain analysis.
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Map household livelihood diversification strategies.
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Analyze migration, remittance flows, and seasonal labor mobility.
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Evaluate institutional responses to disaster and climate risk.
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Produce a sustainable mountain livelihoods proposal with measurable indicators.
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Development Studies
Environmental Studies
Geography
Sustainability
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Economics
Public Policy
Climate & Resilience Studies
Political Economy
Delhi
Uttarakhand (mountain districts)