Coping with Climate Change

1. Front Matter

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2. The History of Climate

   • Ramesha Chandrappa, Sushil Gupta, Umesh Chandra Kulshrestha

   Pages 1-26

3. Industrial Revolutions, Climate Change and Asia

   • Ramesha Chandrappa, Sushil Gupta, Umesh Chandra Kulshrestha

   Pages 27-43

4. Changing Environment: Where Will This Lead to?

   • Ramesha Chandrappa, Sushil Gupta, Umesh Chandra Kulshrestha

   Pages 45-68

5. Greenhouse Gas Inventory

   • Ramesha Chandrappa, Sushil Gupta, Umesh Chandra Kulshrestha

   Pages 69-88

6. Climate Change and Hydro-Meteorological Risks in Asia

   • Ramesha Chandrappa, Sushil Gupta, Umesh Chandra Kulshrestha

   Pages 89-101

7. Asian Geological Settings: Its Effect on Climate Change and Disaster

   • Ramesha Chandrappa, Sushil Gupta, Umesh Chandra Kulshrestha

   Pages 103-115

8. Climatic and Non Climatic Hazards: Asian Context

   • Ramesha Chandrappa, Sushil Gupta, Umesh Chandra Kulshrestha

   Pages 117-147

9. Predicting Disaster: Asian Scenario

   • Ramesha Chandrappa, Sushil Gupta, Umesh Chandra Kulshrestha

   Pages 149-154

10. Early Warning Systems and Their Effectiveness in Asia

    • Ramesha Chandrappa, Sushil Gupta, Umesh Chandra Kulshrestha

    Pages 155-165

11. Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation in Asia

    • Ramesha Chandrappa, Sushil Gupta, Umesh Chandra Kulshrestha

    Pages 167-187

12. Prediction of Regional Climate Change

    • Ramesha Chandrappa, Sushil Gupta, Umesh Chandra Kulshrestha

    Pages 189-194

13. Capacity Assessment: Is Asia Ready to Face Climate Change

    • Ramesha Chandrappa, Sushil Gupta, Umesh Chandra Kulshrestha

    Pages 195-200

14. Hazard and Risk Assessment

    • Ramesha Chandrappa, Sushil Gupta, Umesh Chandra Kulshrestha

    Pages 201-212

15. Preventing and Mitigation of Disasters

    • Ramesha Chandrappa, Sushil Gupta, Umesh Chandra Kulshrestha

    Pages 213-224

16. Sea Level Change and Asia

    • Ramesha Chandrappa, Sushil Gupta, Umesh Chandra Kulshrestha

    Pages 225-234

17. Impact on Biodiversity: Asian Scenario

    • Ramesha Chandrappa, Sushil Gupta, Umesh Chandra Kulshrestha

    Pages 235-244

18. Changing Livelihood Due to Climate Change: Asian Perspective

    • Ramesha Chandrappa, Sushil Gupta, Umesh Chandra Kulshrestha

    Pages 245-269

19. Accelerating Innovation and Decelerating Climate Change

    • Ramesha Chandrappa, Sushil Gupta, Umesh Chandra Kulshrestha

    Pages 271-281

20. Back Matter

    Pages 283-370

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The Environmental and climatic issues varies from continent to continent and is unique to Asia. Understanding the issues does need lot of research and study material which students may not be able to gather due to shortage of time and resources. Hence an effort is made by authors gathering there experience and academic input from renowned universities of world. Climate change is real and coping with it is major concern in coming days. Most of the books written and sold in the past need updating and customizing. The general description of climate change and world will not help the professionals and students. It needs to seen area wise as a professional will work in specific geographic area. Hence an effort is made to collect data from Asia which host most populated countries along with ecological hot spots.

• Air Pollution
• Biodiversity Loss
• Cimate Change
• Disaster
• Global Warming
• Climate change management
• quality control, reliability, safety and risk

• Biomedical Waste Section, Karnataka State Pollution Control Board, Bangalore, India

  Ramesha Chandrappa

• Risk Management Solutions India, Noida, India

  Sushil Gupta

• School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Dehli, India

  Umesh Chandra Kulshrestha

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