This book shares experiences and knowledge on climate change impacts and adaptation, risk reduction strategies, communities’ responses, and best practices from different landscapes of India. It provides insights into climate change risk reduction in trans-disciplinary frameworks. The findings and discussions put forward in the chapters, largely based on micro-level case studies, provide an in-depth understanding of interactions among ecology, society, and economy under different conditions of changing climate. It contains critical discussion on both existing and required actions as adjustments to climate change impacts by different actors at diverse scales and contexts. The recommendations will be beneficial in climate change adaptation planning for India and other developing countries, where a large portion of the population directly depends on climate-sensitive sectors. The content of the book is interdisciplinary and it will be beneficial for scholars and practitioners from naturalscience, social science, policy, and governance across the continents.
Table of Content
1. Socio-ecological Challenges and Opportunities of Resilience: An Introduction.- 2. Community-based Disaster-reduction for Climate Resilience in Developing World.- Part I: NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIVELIHOODS .- 3. Climate Sensitivity, Forest Ecosystems and Regional Challenges: Exploring Opportunities to Reduce Disaster Risks in Central Himalayas.- 4. Measuring Climate Change Impact on Crop Yields in Southern India: A panel Regression Approach.- 5. Impact of Climatic Variations on Crop Yield in Chamoli District, Uttarakhand, India.- 6. A Comparative Assessment of Farmers Perceptions on Drought and Related Impact in Western Part of Odisha.- 7. Indian Pastoralism amidst Changing Climate and Land Use: Evidence from Dhangar Community of Semi-arid Region of Maharashtra.- 8. Forest Fire Characterisation with Relation to Meteorology and Topography Parameters in Madhya Pradesh, India.- 9. Coexistence and Conflict – Case Study on Colonial Waterbirds in Southern India.- 10. Estimation of Rural Drinking Water Supply in India: A Contingent Valuation Method.- Part II: ADAPTATION – APPROACHES AND MECHANISMS.- 11. Assessment of Climatic Risk and Adaptation Measures in Rural India: A Case Study of Vanvasi Village, Maharashtra.- 12. Climate Smart Agricultural Practices and Technologies in India and South Africa: Implications for Climate Change Adaption and Sustainable Livelihoods.- 13. Flood Resilience of Pokkali Rice: A Study of 2018 flood in Kerala.- 14. The role of Gharbari Model to Support Climate Smart Agriculture.- 15. Understanding the mental models that promote water sharing for agriculture through Group Micro-Irrigation models in Maharashtra, India.- 16. Water Budgeting for Sustainable Development: Micro-Level Study on Climate-Resilient Agriculture.- 17. Making of a Climate Smart Village: A Study on Meenangadi Gram Panchayat in Kerala(India).- 18. Nano minerals: A Climate Smart Tool in Livestock Feeding.- 19. Climate Change Impacts on the Higher Altitude Forests of Indian Himalayan Regions: Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Resilience and Disaster Risk Reduction.- Part III: TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE IN CLIMATE RESILIENCE.- 20. Traditional Ecological Knowledge versus Climate Change Adaptation: A case study from the Indian Sundarbans.- 21. From Resilience to Vulnerability: Indigenous Agri-Food Systems of Wayanad District.- 22. Ethnobotanical Knowledge and Floristic Diversity of South East Indian Coastal Region.- Part IV: URBAN SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE.- 23. Urban Green Spaces for Environmental Sustainability and Climate Resilience.- 24. Urban Civic Services Delivery and Climate Change Challenges: A Study of Two Indian Cities.- 25. Climate Change and Water Insecurity: Who Bears the Brunt? (A case of Yelenahalli Village, Bengaluru).- 26. People’s Awareness, Perceptions and Attitudes on Green Buildings: A study in Bengaluru.- 27. Decentralization in the Urban Sphere: Successes and Failures (A Note from Experience).- Part V: POLICY ISSUES AND FUTURE STRATEGIES.- 28. Integrating Climate Resilience in Sectoral Planning: Analysis of India’s Agriculture Disaster Management Plan.- 29. Scalable Adaptation Model for Sustainable Livelihoods: A Case study from Bihar and Madhya Pradesh.- 30. Delineating Health Sector Resilience in post COVID-19 Pandemic in the backdrop of changing climate and Disasters.- 31. Climate Change and Environment: Holistic Approaches towards Climate Resilience.- 32. Green Finance for a Greener Economy.- 33. Climate Change: A Major Challenge to Biodiversity Conservation, Ecological Services, and Sustainable Development.- 34. Green Social Work; A Call for Climate Action.- Part VI – Conclusions.- Chapter 35. Epilogue.
About the author
Sunil Nautiyal, Centre for Ecological Economics and Natural Resources, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Nagarabhavi, India
Anil Kumar Gupta, Centre for Excellence on Climate Resilience, National Institute of Disaster Management, Delhi, India
Mrinalini Goswami, Centre for Ecological Economics and Natural Resources, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Nagarabhavi, India
Y D Imran Khan, Centre for Ecological Economics and Natural Resources, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Nagarabhavi, India
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