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Coping with Climate Change

Principles and Asian Context

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  • © 2011

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Authors:
  1. Ramesha Chandrappa

    1. Biomedical Waste Section, Karnataka State Pollution Control Board, Bangalore, India

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  2. Sushil Gupta

    1. Risk Management Solutions India, Noida, India

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  3. Umesh Chandra Kulshrestha

    1. School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Dehli, India

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  • General principles and discussions
  • Updated and customized data from Asia
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  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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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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About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • 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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