Overview
- Identifies the main climate-induced vulnerabilities that affect livelihoods of forest communities
- Assesses potential adaptation strategies in the household economy considering economic, social and environmental perspectives
- Examines the perceptions of climate change, and the factors influencing the adaptation to climate change
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science (BRIEFSENVIRONMENTAL)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
Keywords
- Climate-related vulnerability
- Livelihood impacts of climate change
- Socio-economics of coastal, mountain and drought-prone districts
- Climate change perception
- Government climate policies
- Coping with climate risks
- Climate change index
- Vulnerability assessment
- Impact-based approaches
- Determinants of adaptation at the household level
- Climate change management
- Forestry Management
About this book
Particular attention is also given to the role of the Indian governmental policy (including national forest policy of 1988) to reduce climate-related vulnerabilities. Chapters also highlight two main approaches to vulnerability assessment in socio-ecological systems. The first is the impact-based approach, which assesses the potential impacts of climate change on forest dependent people. The second is the vulnerability-based approach, which assesses social sensitivity and adaptive capacity to respond to stresses. Development practitioners, government implementing agencies, and researchers in environmental science and policy will find this book appealing.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Climate Change Adaptation and Forest Dependent Communities
Book Subtitle: An Analytical Perspective of Different Agro-Climatic Regions of West Bengal, India
Authors: Jyotish Prakash Basu
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52325-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-52324-8Published: 04 April 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-52325-5Published: 27 March 2017
Series ISSN: 2191-5547
Series E-ISSN: 2191-5555
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 85
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice, Climate Change Management and Policy, Environmental Economics, Forestry Management, Agricultural Economics, Environmental Sociology