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This contributed volume presents an attempt to understand climatic variability and induced risk to livelihood of communities and to offer insights on how catastrophic conditions and crises can be mitigated through public policy interventions. The cases and studies herein offer insights into different spheres and domains affected by climate change and present models of adaptation possibilities. The book is divided into four thematic sections. The first contains chapters that deal with assessing the effects of climate change. The second section offers perspectives on adaptation and governance. The third looks at vulnerability in the context of sustainable livelihoods. The fourth and last section looks at concrete evidence of the effects of climate change in the Indian Himalaya. The lessons contained in this volume are useful to a wide audience including research scholars, students, policymakers, and planners.

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Book category Books in English Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning The environment Sustainability

• Full title: Climate Change and Human Adaptation in India
• Subtitle: Sustainability and Public Policy
• Author: Kaushal Kumar Sharma, Sanjeev Sharma, Vijendra Kumar Pandey, Rupendra Singh
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 370
• EAN: 9783031558207
• ID: 44799154
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Dimensions: 254 × 178 mm
• Date of publishing: 18. May 2024

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