Climate Change Adaptation and Forest Dependent Communities

An Analytical Perspective of Different Agro-Climatic Regions of West Bengal, India

Jyotish Prakash Basu (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

IX, 85 Seiten

2017 | 1st ed. 2017
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-52324-8 (ISBN)

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This book addresses the livelihood impacts of climate change, vulnerability and adaptation measures on the forest dependent communities of India. Research presented here focuses on three different agro-climatic areas of West Bengal, namely the coastal Sundarban, the drought-prone region and the mountainous region. Readers will discover the main climate induced vulnerabilities that affect livelihoods of forest communities, understand how to evaluate the expected impacts of climate change at different levels under different climate change scenarios, and be able to assess and measure the implied major social, environmental and economic impacts.
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.

Dr. Jyotish Prakash Basu is a Professor and Head of the Department of Economics at West Bengal State University in Kolkata, India. His research focuses include agricultural economics, environmental economics and forest economics. He is currently researching the economic, social and environmental dimensions of climate change adaptation, ecosystem services, forest resource management, non-timber forest products, sustainable development and food security of forest dependent people.

Erscheinungsdatum	12.04.2017
Reihe/Serie	SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science
Zusatzinfo	IX, 85 p. 16 illus., 6 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Umweltrecht
Schlagworte	Agribusiness and primary industries • Agricultural Economics • agricultural science • Climate change index • Climate Change Management • Climate Change Management and Policy • Climate change perception • Climate-related vulnerability • Coping with climate risks • Determinants of adaptation at the household level • Earth and Environmental Science • Environmental economics • Environmentalist thought and ideology • Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice • Environmental Sociology • Environment law • Forestry and silviculture: practice and techniques • forestry management • Government climate policies • Impact-based approaches • Livelihood impacts of climate change • Socio-economics of coastal, mountain and drought-p • Socio-economics of coastal, mountain and drought-prone districts • Sociology • The Environment • vulnerability assessment
ISBN-10	3-319-52324-4 / 3319523244
ISBN-13	978-3-319-52324-8 / 9783319523248
Zustand	Neuware