Adaptive capacity
The
adaptive capacity of a system is its capability to adjust to the climate change
including climatic variations and extremes, in order to mitigate and to cope
with its potential adverse effects. It is defined as a function of financial
condition, technological advances, access to information, and access to
resources (McCarthy et al., 2001). Various Indicators of
adaptive capacity included in computation of vulnerability index are: SC/ST
population, agricultural workers, total literacy, gender gap, access to market,
road connectivity, rural electrification, net irrigated area, livestock
population, fertilizer consumption, ground water availability, share of
agriculture in district domestic products (CRIDA, 2013).
On the basis of
sensitivity index districts of Odisha are categorized into five broad
categories such as very low adaptive capacity, low adaptive capacity, medium
adaptive capacity, high adaptive capacity and very high adaptive capacity.
Very low adaptive
capacity category: Kandhmal, Nawarangpur, Koraput and Malkanagiri.
Low adaptive capacity
category: Mayurbhanj, Sundargarh, Deogarh, Keonjhar, Kalahandi, Nuapada, Balangir,
Boudh and Rayagada.
Medium adaptive
capacity category: Gajapathi, Angul, Dhenkanal, Sambalpur and Jharsuguda.
High adaptive capacity
category: Jajpur, Nayagarh, Khordha, Ganjam
Sonepur and Baragarh.
Very high adaptive
capacity category: Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapada, Jagatsinghpur, Puri
and Cuttack.