The Palgrave Handbook of Socio-ecological Resilience in the Face of Climate Change : Contexts from a Developing Country

This book shares experiences and knowledge on climate change impacts and adaptation, risk reduction strategies, communities?responses, and best practices from different landscapes of India. It provides insights into climate change risk reduction in trans-disciplinary frameworks. The findings and discussions put forward in the chapters, largely based on micro-level case studies, provide an in-depth understanding of interactions among ecology, society, and economy under different conditions of changing climate. It contains critical discussion on both existing and required actions as adjustments to climate change impacts by different actors at diverse scales and contexts. The recommendations will be beneficial in climate change adaptation planning for India and other developing countries, where a large portion of the population directly depends on climate-sensitive sectors. The content of the book is interdisciplinary and it will be beneficial for scholars and practitioners from natural science, social science, policy, and governance across the continents.

Author: Sunil Nautiyal, Anil Kumar Gupta, Mrinalini Goswami, Y. D. Imran Khan

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: Sep 02, 2023

Number of Pages: NA pages

Language: English

Binding: Hardcover

ISBN-10: 9819922054

ISBN-13: 9789819922055