LEADER 04364nam 22005775 450 001 9910865279003321 005 20251113191517.0 010 $a3-031-55821-9 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-55821-4 035 $a(CKB)32200507400041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31360245 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31360245 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-55821-4 035 $a(EXLCZ)9932200507400041 100 $a20240530d2024 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aClimate Change and Human Adaptation in India $eSustainability and Public Policy /$fedited by Kaushal Kumar Sharma, Sanjeev Sharma, Vijendra Kumar Pandey, Rupendra Singh 205 $a1st ed. 2024. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Springer,$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (276 pages) 225 1 $aSustainable Development Goals Series,$x2523-3092 311 08$a3-031-55820-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aChapter 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. 330 $aThis contributed volume presents an attempt to understand climatic variability and induced risk to livelihood of communities and to offer insights on how catastrophic conditions and crises can be mitigated through public policy interventions. The case studies herein offer insights into different spheres and domains affected by climate change and present models of adaptation possibilities. The book is divided into three thematic sections. The first contains chapters that deal with assessing the effects of climate change. The second section offers perspectives on adaptation and governance, vulnerability in the context of sustainable livelihoods. The third and last section looks at Policy and Governance, with respect to climatic change adaptation and mitigations. The lessons contained in this volume are useful to a wide audience including research scholars, students, policymakers, and planners. 410 0$aSustainable Development Goals Series,$x2523-3092 606 $aSustainability 606 $aEnvironmental policy 606 $aPolitical planning 606 $aSustainability 606 $aEnvironmental Policy 606 $aPolicy Implementation 615 0$aSustainability. 615 0$aEnvironmental policy. 615 0$aPolitical planning. 615 14$aSustainability. 615 24$aEnvironmental Policy. 615 24$aPolicy Implementation. 676 $a363.73874526 702 $aSharma$b Kaushal Kumar 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910865279003321 996 $aClimate Change and Human Adaptation in India$94268471 997 $aUNINA