Climate Change and Human Adaptation in India Sustainability and Public Policy

This contributed volume presents an attempt to understand climatic variability and induced risk to livelihood of communities and to offer insights on how catastrophic conditions and crises can be mitigated through public policy interventions. The case studies herein offer insights into different sph...

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Other Authors: Sharma, Kaushal Kumar (Editor), Sharma, Sanjeev (Editor), Pandey, Vijendra Kumar (Editor), Singh, Rupendra (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer Nature Switzerland 2024, 2024
Edition:1st ed. 2024
Series:Sustainable Development Goals Series
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1: Glaciological study and Climate change in Indian Perspective
  • Chapter 2: Climate change impact on hydrogeochemical characteristics of Himalayan glacier meltwater
  • Chapter 3: Impact of Changing Climate on the Cryospheric Region and Glacier Retreat in the Himalayan Region
  • Chapter 4: Indian Himalayan Glaciers' Health under Changing Climate
  • Chapter 5: Role of Aerosols in Atmospheric Dynamics and Deciphering the Climate Change
  • Chapter 6: Examining Rainfall Trends in Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India, Amidst the Climate Change Challenge
  • Chapter 7: Climate-Induced Vulnerability, Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies
  • Chapter 8: Climate Change and Nature-Based Solutions
  • Chapter 9: Human Vulnerability in Changing Environment of Active Delta region of India
  • Chapter 10: Understanding livelihood diversification as a sustainable adaptive strategy to existing challenges in the higher Himalayan villages
  • Chapter 11: Sustainability through Sacred Groves
  • Chapter 12:The Climate Refugees of Bundelkhand: A study on issues and challenges to sustainable livelihoods in Bundelkhand
  • Chapter 13: Emerging Need to Sustain and Preserve the Traditional Knowledge of Indigenous communities to Combat Climate Change. Chapter 14: Climate Change Adaptation Policies and Governance. Chapter 15: Adaptation Policy and Governance Toward Tribal Communities of Southern Rajasthan, India
  • Chapter 16: Climate Change and its Effects on Major Crops Production in Assam, India
  • Chapter 17: Hailstorm and Loss Assessment
  • Chapter 18: Responses to Climate Change in Global North and South