Overview
- Focuses on simulating local climate by taking into consideration local geographic conditions
- Interlinks climatic impacts and livelihood security by measuring each livelihood capital individually
- Produces climate change scenario modelling for two Representative Concentration Pathways
Part of the book series: Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences (AGES)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Dr. Swarnima Singh received her Doctor of Philosophy (2016) and MPhil (2008) degrees from the University of Delhi, Delhi, India. She is an assistant professor at the Department of Geography, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. She has teaching and research experience of more than 8 years and has devoted her career to the development of geographical and ecological studies. She has also served at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-India) secretariat in New Delhi, and the University of Delhi. Her research interests include geographic information systems, climate change vulnerability modeling, developing decision support systems together with global circulation and regional circulation modeling (GCM and RCM) for developing mitigation and adaptation synergy, among other areas. She has published more than 10 national and 6 international papers in reputed journals and books. Furthermore, she is supervising several Ph.D. theses. She has organized conferences and is a member of many international professional bodies.
Dr. R.B. Singh was a professor of geography from 1996 and a head of the Department of Geography, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, until February 2, 2020. He is the first Indian and second Asian elected secretary general and treasurer of the International Geographical Union (IGU) (2018–2022). Earlier, he was the vice president of IGU during 2012–2018. At present, he is chair of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) – Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Government of India, and a member of the International Science Council. Professor Singh has been awarded a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship and has given lectures and presentations in more than 50 countries. He has published 15 books, 36 edited research volumes, and more than 240 research papers. He has supervised 36 Ph.D. and 81 M.Phil. students. In 1988 the UNESCO/International Social Science Council awarded him research and study grants in social and human sciences.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Simulating Climate Change and Livelihood Security
Book Subtitle: A Western Himalayan Experience, India
Authors: Swarnima Singh, R. B. Singh
Series Title: Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4648-5
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-16-4647-8Published: 03 September 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-16-4650-8Published: 04 September 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-4648-5Published: 02 September 2021
Series ISSN: 2198-3542
Series E-ISSN: 2198-3550
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXII, 312
Number of Illustrations: 17 b/w illustrations, 72 illustrations in colour
Topics: Climate, general, Human Geography, Geography, general, Sustainable Development