Climate Change and Human Adaptation in India

Sustainability and Public Policy

276 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This 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.

• Reihe: Sustainable Development Goals Series
• ISBN: 9783031558238
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 31.05.2025
• Genre: Geowissenschaften
• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Herausgegeben von: Kaushal Kumar Sharma, Sanjeev Sharma, Vijendra Kumar Pandey, Rupendra Singh