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 natural science, social science, policy, and governance across the continents.
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
ClimateSmart 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. Peoples
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 Indias
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.
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
