Climate Change Adaptation and Forest Dependent Communities (eBook)

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

Jyotish Prakash Basu (Autor)

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2017 | 1st ed. 2017
IX, 85 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-52325-5 (ISBN)

Infos

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. 

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.3.2017
• Reihe/Serie: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science
• Reihe/Serie: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science
• Zusatzinfo: IX, 85 p. 16 illus., 6 illus. in color.
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft
• Schlagworte: Climate change index • Climate Change Management • Climate change perception • Climate-related vulnerability • Coping with climate risks • Determinants of adaptation at the household level • forestry management • Government climate policies • Impact-based approaches • Livelihood impacts of climate change • Socio-economics of coastal, mountain and drought-prone districts • vulnerability assessment
• ISBN-10: 3-319-52325-2 / 3319523252
• ISBN-13: 978-3-319-52325-5 / 9783319523255