Handbook of Research on Climate Change Impact on Health and Environmental Sustainability
Handbook of Research on Climate Change Impact on Health and Environmental Sustainability
Editor: Dinda, Soumyananda
Publication Year: 2016
Publisher: IGI Global
Single-User Purchase Price:
$325.00

Unlimited-User Purchase Price:
$487.50
ISBN: 978-1-4666-8814-8
Category: Science - Environmental sciences
Image Count:
97
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
The Handbook of Research on Climate Change Impact on Health and Environmental Sustainability is an authoritative reference source that offers a comprehensive and timely analysis of various aspects of global warming and its consequences. Featuring such topics as assessment of and adaption to climate change, water and its socio-economic impact, the environmental effects of climate change on human health, and the mitigation of climate change on both a local and global level, this expansive handbook is an essential reference source.
This book is found in the following Credo Collections:
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgment
- Section 1 Health
- Chapter 1 Exacerbating Health Risks in India due to Climate Change: Rethinking Approach to Health Service Provision
- APPENDIX
- Chapter 2 Climate Change, Human Health and Some Economic Issues
- Chapter 3 Health Impact of Water-Related Diseases in Developing Countries on Account of Climate Change – A Systematic Review: A Study in Regard to South Asian Countries
- Chapter 4 Heat Stress Vulnerability among Indian Workmen
- Section 2 Vulnerability
- Chapter 5 Vulnerability to Climate Change: Issues and Challenges towards Developing Vulnerability Indicator
- APPENDIX
- Chapter 6 Environmental Vulnerability to Climate Change in Mediterranean Basin: Socio-Ecological Interactions between North and South
- Chapter 7 Vulnerability to Local Climate Change: Farmers’ Perceptions on Trends in Western Odisha, India
- Section 3 Natural Disaster
- Chapter 8 What Causes Economic Losses from Natural Disasters in India?
- APPENDIX
- Chapter 9 Evolution and Efficacy of Drought Management Policies and Programmes: The Case of Western Odisha, India
- Section 4 Water
- Chapter 10 Impact of Climate Change on Groundwater Resources
- Chapter 11 Assessment of Annual, Monthly, and Seasonal Trends in the Long Term Rainfall of the Garhwal Himalayas
- Section 5 Fishery
- Chapter 12 Impacts of Climate Change on Fish Productivity: A Quantitative Measurement
- Chapter 13 Bioeconomic Fishery Management: Changing Paradigms towards Eco-System Based Management
- Section 6 Forestry
- Chapter 14 Assessing Urban Residents’ Willingness to Pay for Preserving the Biodiversity of Swamp Forest
- APPENDIX: THE FORMAT OF CV QUESTION
- Chapter 15 Sustainable Forest Use and India's Economic Growth: A Structural Decomposition Analysis of Direct Forest Intensity
- APPENDIX 1: LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
- APPENDIX 2
- Chapter 16 Improving Sustainability of the Environment in a Changing Climate: Can REDD+ Rise to the Challenge?
- Section 7 Land and Adaptation
- Chapter 17 Lack of Land Tenure Security as Challenges to Sustainable Development: An Assessment in the Context of Bihar, India
- Chapter 18 Adaptation to Climate Change for Sustainable Development: A Survey
- Section 8 Agriculture
- Chapter 19 Climate Change and Agriculture: Impacts, Adoption, and Mitigation
- Chapter 20 Impact of Rapid Urbanization and Climate Change on Agricultural Productivity in Africa: Climate Change Policies in the Agricultural Sector
- Chapter 21 Climate Change Mitigation: Collective Efforts and Responsibly
- Section 9 Adaptive Capability
- Chapter 22 Coastal Poverty, Resource-Dependent Livelihood, Climate Change, and Adaptation: An Empirical Study in Indian Coastal Sunderbans
- APPENDIX
- Chapter 23 Climate Change and Adaptation through the Lens of Capability Approach: A Case Study from Darjeeling, Eastern Himalaya
- Section 10 Industry
- Chapter 24 A Framework for Understanding Adaptation by Manufacturing Industries
- Chapter 25 Temporal Data Analysis and Mining Methods for Modelling the Climate Change Effects on Malaysia's Oil Palm Yield at Different Regional Scales
- Section 11 Trade
- Chapter 26 Climate Change, Trade Competitiveness, and Opportunity for Climate Friendly Goods in SAARC and Asia Pacific Regions
- Chapter 27 Greenhouse Gas Mitigation through Energy Efficiency: Perform, Achieve, and Trade (PAT) – India's Emission Trading Scheme
- APPENDIX
- Section 12 Policy and Innovation
- Chapter 28 Does Fiscal Policy Influence Per Capita CO2 Emission? A Cross Country Empirical Analysis
- Chapter 29 Social Innovation: A Theoretical Approach in Intertwining Climate Change with Social Innovation
- Chapter 30 Moving forward a Parsimonious Model of Eco-Innovation: Results from a Content Analysis
- About the Contributors
- Bibliography