Climate Change and Environment Management
Contents: Preface. Introduction. I. Climate change and economic development: 1. Climate change environment and economic development/M. Gowhar Jhan and Divya Balasubramanian. 2. Economic development climate change and environmental degradation in India/Vinod Kumar Srivastava. 3. Climate change environment and economic development/Sanjeev Bharadwaj and Yogita. 4. Economic development and environmental degradation: an international experience/Sharanjit Singh Dhillon and Kuldeep Singh. 5. Climate change: threat and challenges to India/Dhulasi Birundha Varadarajan. 6. Climate change and the growth of Indian economy: some key challenges/Aparna Bharadwaj and Sudama Yadav. 7. Environment climate change and sustainable development/Ram Naresh Thakur and Surendra Kumar. 8. Climate change environment and economic development/Dileep S. Arjune and B.N. Sapnar. 9. Climate change: A serious threat to the world economy/Krishna Nand Yadav. II. Climate change and agriculture: 10. Climate change environmental degradation and sustainable agriculture in India/S.S. Kalamkar. 11. Climate change and its impact on agriculture development/S.S. Somra and Kuldeep Singh. 12. Climate change and agriculture/K.A. Rasure. III. Climate change human development and health: 13. Pollution its impact on environment and human health/B. Sambasiva Rao and B.V. Raghavendar. 14. Global climate change and infectious diseases: the case of Chikungunya fever/K. Sampath Kumar and B.P. Chandramohan. 15. Climate change and child health in India: special case 0-6 year old children/A.P. Pandey and Surendra Kumar Gupta. 16. Climate change and human development: a note/Arun Prabha Choudhary, Rashmi Singh and S.S. Choudhary. IV. Climate change and power sector: 17. Climate change environmental pollutions and prospects of sustainable power sector development in Orissa/Madhusmita Mishra and Mita Kumari Choudhury. 18. Climate change environmental performance index energy use and economic development: an international analysis/Prankrishna Pal. 19. Regulation of energy use for climate change: modeling and rational policy/Sandeep Kumar. 20. Climate change impact on electricity shortage and power consuming sectors/A. Singaraj and D. Kumar. V. Environmental management and policy: 21. Expanding Indian automobile sector: a trade off between growth and environmental concerns/Dipti Sharma and Deepika Joshi. 22. Environmental concerns the debate between developed and developing economies : a critique/Pradeep Kumar Singh, Anup Kumar and U.S. Rai. 23. Impact of climate and environmental degradation in Assam/Apurba Kumar Medhi and Irani Dutta Medhi. 24. A global scenario of climate change impacts and mitigating measures/R.K. Shah. 25. Climate change warrants change in development perspective/Basudeb Sahoo. 26. Environmental management in India: a socio-eco legal perspective/Bhavna Jha and Ashwini Kant Jha. 27. Lessons from environmental performance index EPI 2008 for climate change mitigation/P.S. Kamble. 28. Climate change and rural development: MGNREGA model in Chhattisgarh/Alok Kumar and Shobha Sharma. Index.
There is overwhelming evidence today that climate change is a reality as its impacts are beginning to be felt across various regions and sectors. The implications of climate change will have a cascading effect around the globe and particularly in developing countries. India is highly vulnerable to climate change. It can only be successfully overcome through a global collaborative and cooperative effort.
The book elaborately explain the various facets of climate change viz. causes effects of climate change and policy for coping with climate change. This book will enlighten the policy makers researchers social scientists in understanding issues of climate change and mitigating the same. (jacket)
