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.

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