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Biodiversity and climate change adaptation in tropical islands / / edited by Chandrakasan Sivaperuman [and three others]
| Biodiversity and climate change adaptation in tropical islands / / edited by Chandrakasan Sivaperuman [and three others] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, United Kingdom : , : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, , [2018] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (933 pages) |
| Disciplina | 577.22 |
| Soggetto topico |
Biodiversity - Climatic factors - Tropics
Bioclimatology - Tropics Climatic changes - Tropics |
| ISBN |
0-12-813065-2
0-12-813064-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
I. Preamble. The nature and characters of tropical islands / Ayyam Velmurugan -- Tropical Islands : ecosystem and endemism / Chandrakasan Sivaperuman, Iyyappan Jaisankar, Ayyam Velmurugan, Tadimalla Venkata, Ramalingaswara Subrahmanya Sharma -- II. Biodiversity of tropical Islands. Diversity of ethno-medicinal plants of tropical islands : with special reference to Andaman and Nicobar Islands / Mayur Y. Kamble, Santosh S. Mane, Chidambaram Murugan, Iyyappan Jaisankar -- Biodiversity of Polynesian islands : distribution and threat from climate change / Guillén Carlos, Ayyam Velmurugan, B.A. Jerard, R. Karthick, Iyyappan Jaisandar -- Structure and species diversity of mangrove ecosystem / Joju P. Alappatt -- Coconut biodiversity : nature's gift to the tropical islands / B.A. Jerard, V. Damodaran, Iyyappan Jaisankar, Ayyam Velmurugan, T.P. Swarnam -- Habitat ecology and diversity of rocky shore fauna / Kunal Satyam, Ganesh Thiruchitrambalam -- Marine ecosystems of Andaman and Nicobar Islands : species abundance and distribution / Nambali Valsalan Vinithkumar, Thadikamala Sathish, Apurba Kumar Das, Chandrakasan Sivaperuman, Chelladurai Raghunathan, Gopal Dharani, Ramalingam Kirubagaran, Nambali Valsalan Sujathkumar -- Invasive species in freshwater ecosystems : threats to ecosystem services / R. Kiruba-Sankar, J. Praveen Raj, K. Saravanan, K. Lohith Kumar, J. Raymond Jani Angel, Ayyam Velmurugan, S. Dam Roy -- Avian diversity of Bay Island and its assessment tools / Chandrakasan Sivaperuman -- Marine fishery resources and species diversity of tropical waters / Punnakulam T. Rajan -- Rice genetic resources in tropical islands / P.K. Singh, K. Venkatesan, T.P. Swarnam
III. Climate change and its impacts on tropical Island. Climate change projections and addressing intrinsic uncertainties / Ramasamy Gowtham, Ammapet Palanisamy Ramaraj, Vellingiri Geethalakshmi -- Climate resilient and livelihood security : perspectives for Mauritius Island / B. Lalljee, Ayyam Velmurugan, Awnindra K. Singh -- Livestock and people : the intimate relation under threat / T. Sujatha, A. Kannan, S. Jeyakumar, A. Kundu, Ayyam Velmurugan, J. Sunder, T.P. Swarnam, A.D. De --Shifting equilibrium of pest and diseases in agriculture / M. Mohan, B. Kariyanna -- Uncertainties in measuring climate change impact on marine biodiversity / P.M. Mohan, Ayyam Velmurugan -- Boidiversity and climate change impacts on the Lakshadweep Islands / Ayyam Velmurugan, V.M. Abdul Gafoor, Iyyappan Jaisankar, T.P. Swarnam, John Mathai -- IV. Adaptive management. Biodiversity conservation : issues and strategies for the tropical islands / Iyyappan Jaisankar, Ayyam Velmurugan, Chandrakasan Sivaperuman -- Diversification of island agriculture : a viable strategy for adaptation to climate change / T.P. Swarnam, Ayyam Velmurugan, N. Ravisankar, Awnindra K. Singh, S.K. Zamir Ahmed -- Land shaping methods for climate change adaptation of coastal and island region / Ayyam Velmurugan, S.K. Ambast, T.P. Swarnam, D. Burman, Subhasis Mandal, T. Subramani -- Harnessing genetic resources in field crops for developing resilience to climate change / Awnindra K. Singh, R.M. Singh, Ayyam Velmurugan, R. Rahul Kumar, Utpal Biswas -- Coping with climatic uncertainties through improved production technologies in tropical island conditions / Shrawan Singh, D.R. Singh, Ayyam Velmurugan, Iyyappan Jaisankar, T.P. Swarnam -- Bioshield : an answer to climate change impact and natural calamities? / Iyyappan Jaisankar, Ayyam Velmurugan, T.P. Swarnam -- V. Policy decisions and biodiversity conservations in the tropical islands. Coastal are management : biodiversity and ecological sustainability in Sri Lankan perspective / Abhaya Balasuriya -- Conservation of coral reef environment : perspectives for tropical islands / P.M. Mohan, Radha Karuna Kumari -- Marine biodiversity : strategies for conservation, management and ecological restoration / Cheruvathoor Linoy Libini, K.A. Albert Idu, C.C. Manjumol, Vasant Kripa, Kolliyil Sunil Mohamed -- Agro-meteorological advisory services for informed decision making in India / Nabansu Chattopadhyay, Swati Chandras. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910583070503321 |
| London, United Kingdom : , : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, , [2018] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Renewing local planning to face climate change in the tropics / / editors, Maurizio Tiepolo, Alessandro Pezzoli, Vieri Tarchiani
| Renewing local planning to face climate change in the tropics / / editors, Maurizio Tiepolo, Alessandro Pezzoli, Vieri Tarchiani |
| Autore | Tiepolo Maurizio |
| Edizione | [First edition 2017.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XVI, 372 pages) : 91 illustrations |
| Disciplina | 910.285 |
| Collana | Green Energy and Technology |
| Soggetto topico |
Social planning - Tropics
Environmental economics Climatic changes - Tropics |
| ISBN |
9783319590967
3319590960 |
| Classificazione | SCI092000TEC010000TEC036000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Climate services in the Tropics -- Climate planning in medium-size cities of the Tropics -- Setting up and managing automatic weather stations for remote sites monitoring: from Niger to Nepal -- Characterization of climate risks for rice crop in Casamance -- Climate change, drought and food security: a methodology for the vulnerability analysis. The case of the West Arsi Woreda in Ethiopia -- Visualize and communicate extreme weather risk to improve urban resilience -- Climate change adaptation and resilience in Mali -- Building resilience to drought in the Sahel by early risk identification and advices -- Risk analysis and evaluation to improve climate adaptation planning in Western Niger -- A simplified hydrological method for flood risk assessment at sub-basin level in Niger -- Socio-technical transitions and resilient infrastructure: analyzing changes in access to water following infrastructure upgrade in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -- Monitoring and evaluating advocacy and mainstreaming of climate change adaptation in Haiti -- Knowledge for transformational adaptation planning: comparing the potential of forecasting and back casting methods for assessing people vulnerability -- Possible impact of pelletized crop residues use as a fuel for cooking in Niger -- An effective Mainstreaming DRR and Resilience approach in La Paz (Mexico) and San Jose (Costa-Rica) -- Climate vulnerability reduction credits: measuring results of adaptation; potential applicability for sub-Saharan communities -- Review of pilot projects on index-based insurance in Africa: insights and lessons Learned -- A new perspective for integrating climate change in local development plans. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910231237603321 |
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| 2017 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Research Priorities for Tropical Ecosystems Under Climate Change Workshop report / / convened by U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Biological and Environmental Research
| Research Priorities for Tropical Ecosystems Under Climate Change Workshop report / / convened by U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Biological and Environmental Research |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii pages, 123 unnumbered pages) : color illustrations |
| Soggetto topico |
Climatic changes - Tropics
Climatic changes - Tropics - Forecasting Rain forests Forest monitoring - Tropics |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Conference papers and proceedings. |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Tropical Ecosystems Under Climate Change Workshop report |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910704768903321 |
| [Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, , 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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