Climate change, floods and disease in Kashmir; A historical study of last two hundred years (1815–2015)

Floods have been occurring in Kashmir right from its very origin, also there have been many spells of climate change throughout history. Many scientists today believe that climate change is real and it has increased risk of disasters. The researcher looked into the Primary sources of Kashmir history of last two hundred years to find weather there has been any climate change in Kashmir in this period and has there been any increase in frequency of floods in Kashmir ? and also to see whether there is any link between climate change and post-flood related diseases. The Research demonstrated that towards the last decades of nineteenth century climate began to get milder in Kashmir and this change was all of a sudden, there has also been an increase in frequency of floods as compared to earlier centuries but within twentieth century the magnitude, frequency and severity of floods has almost remained same. Further there has been an increase in post-flood related diseases after 1960 A.D. Thus all things pointed towards the thing that there has been climate change in Kashmir in last two centuries and it has bearing on floods and post flood related diseases.