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  • Climate Change in the Forest of Bengal Duars

    Response of Life and Livelihoods

    by Koyel Sam, Namita Chakma ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book focuses on more than 100 years of climatic oscillation in Bengal Duars, a unique foothill landscape of the Eastern Himalaya, to discuss the dynamics of life and livelihoods of forest dependent communities towards climate change related impacts. The authors describe the struggles the people of this region face, including climate vulnerability, displacement, migration, and human-animal ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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  • Tigers of the World

    The Science, Politics and Conservation of Panthera tigris

    Edited by Ronald Tilson, Philip J. Nyhus ...
    Series series Noyes Series in Animal Behavior, Ecology, Conservation, and Management
    Tigers of the World, Second Edition explores tiger biology, ecology, conservation, management, and the science and technology that make this possible. In 1988, when the first edition was published, tiger conservation was still in its infancy, and two decades later there has been a revolution not only in what is known, but how information about tigers is obtained and disseminated. In the fast ... Read more

    $96.29 USD

  • Protected Areas and Indigeneous Communities

    Anthropogenic Dependence & Impact on Biodiversity

    by Azra Musavi ...
    This book deals with protected area-people interface in Bori Wildife Sanctuary and Melghat Tiger Reserve located in Satpura range of Central Indian Highlands. These forests are mostly inhabited by Gond, Korku, and Thatia tribes, a small population of agro-pastoral community and other backward classes, which have moved into these forests from adjoining areas in search of pastures for their large ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Disaster Management

    Edited by Harsh K Gupta ...
    his book contains seven chapters, each dealing with one major natural disaster encountered in our country. Each of the authors is an expert in that particular field. The outstanding contribution of this book is that it not only deals with the forecasting and description of the various natural disasters, but also stresses the management aspect, exhaustively detailing the necessary steps that need ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Climate Change and Community Resilience

    Insights from South Asia

    Edited by A. K. Enamul Haque, Pranab Mukhopadhyay, Mani Nepal, Md Rumi Shammin ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This open access book documents myriads of ways community-based climate change adaptation and resilience programs are being implemented in South Asian countries. The narrative style of writing in this volume makes it accessible to a diverse audience from academics and researchers to practitioners in various governmental, non-governmental and international agencies. At a time when climate change ... Read more

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  • The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment

    Mountains, Climate Change, Sustainability and People

    Edited by Philippus Wester, Arabinda Mishra, Aditi Mukherji, Arun Bhakta Shrestha ...
    This open access volume is the first comprehensive assessment of the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region. It comprises important scientific research on the social, economic, and environmental pillars of sustainable mountain development and will serve as a basis for evidence-based decision-making to safeguard the environment and advance people’s well-being. The compiled content is based on the ... Read more

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  • The Himalayan Dilemma

    Reconciling Development and Conservation

    by Jack D. Ives, Bruno Messerli ...
    `This is an important book that deserves to be read by everyone concerned with presenting major environmental issues.' Geography` ... an essential text for policy makers and aid professionals, as well as for students of environmental studies and international development ... It is indeed, a book appropriate to the urgent and critical issues which it addresses.' - Journal of Environmental ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Resource Management, Sustainable Development and Governance

    Indian and International Perspectives

    Edited by Baleshwar Thakur, Rajiv R. Thakur, Srikumar Chattopadhyay, Rajesh K. Abhay ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book examines the relationship between natural resource management, sustainable development, and governance with case studies from India and other places covering disaster risk reduction, conflict resolution, capacity building, climate change adaptation and resilience, citizen engagement and ecological conservation. Though the studies focus mostly on cases in India, the volume discusses how ... Read more

    $170.09 USD

  • Conservation and Development in India

    Reimagining Wilderness

    Edited by Shonil Bhagwat ...
    Series series Earthscan Conservation and Development
    Despite decades of efforts to integrate conservation and development, India is torn between two very different worldviews of peoples’ place in the country’s natural environment. This book takes a critical look at nature conservation and poverty alleviation in India. It opens up discussion of the conservation–development nexus in a country that stands at a major crossroads, where forces of ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Climate Change Challenge (3C) and Social-Economic-Ecological Interface-Building

    Exploring Potential Adaptation Strategies for Bio-resource Conservation and Livelihood Development

    Edited by Sunil Nautiyal, Ruediger Schaldach, K V Raju, Kottapalli Sreenivasa Rao, Harald Kaechele, Bill Pritchard ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book is the outcome of two International Conferences held at the ISEC in Bangalore, India: the international conference on “Climate Change and Social-Ecological-Economical Interface-Building: Modelling Approach to Exploring Potential Adaptation Strategies for Bio-resource Conservation and Livelihood Development” held during 20–21 May 2015 and jointly organized by the Centre for Ecological ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Climate Hazard Crises in Asian Societies and Environments

    Edited by Troy Sternberg ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Hazards, Disaster Risk and Climate Change
    Climate hazards are the world’s most widespread, deadliest and costliest natural disasters. Knowledge of climate hazard dynamics is critical since the impacts of climate change, population growth, development projects and migration affect both the impact and severity of disasters. Current global events highlight how hazards can lead to significant financial losses, increased mortality rates and ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Geospatial Modeling for Environmental Management

    Case Studies from South Asia

    Edited by Shruti Kanga, Suraj Kumar Singh, Gowhar Meraj, Majid Farooq ...
    This is a comprehensive resource that integrates the application of innovative remote sensing techniques and geospatial tools in modeling Earth systems for environmental management beyond customary digitization and mapping practices. It identifies the most suitable approaches for a specific environmental problem, emphasizes the importance of physically based modeling, their uncertainty analysis, ... Read more

    $66.99 USD