Public Perception and Adaptation to Hydro Climatic Disasters in an Island of Cochin Estuary, South West India Akhildev Karunakaran1,*, Suku Sreenu2, Joseph Joice K.3, Mohan Mahesh4, Pradeepkumar A.P.5 1School of Environment Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India 2School of Environment Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India, sreenues111@gmail.com 3M S Swaminathan Research Foundation, Kuttanad Centre, Changanasserry, joicejosephk@gmail.com 4School of Environment Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India 5Department of Geology, University of Kerala, Trivandrum, Kerala, India, geo.pradeep@gmail.com *Corresponding author email id: karunakhildev@gmail.com
Online published on 17 February, 2020. Abstract Public perception is an indicator to know how people adapt to hydro climatic disasters (HCD). This study focuses on public perception towards HCD and its impacts. Local people were interviewed using informal and unstructured questions. Theoretical assumptions were set for the assessment. It helped to understand the adaptation practiced towards the severity posed from HCD of the densely populated Vypin island region within the urban agglomerate of the city of Cochin in Kerala, India. Top Keywords Public perception, Adaptation strategies, Climate change, Cochin. Top |