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  • South Asia's Hotspots

    The Impact of Temperature and Precipitation Changes on Living Standards

    by Muthukumara Mani, Sushenjit Bandyopadhyay, Shun Chonabayashi, Anil Markandya, Thomas Mosier ...
    Series series South Asia Development Matters
    South Asia is particularly vulnerable to climate change. Most previous studies have focused on the projected impacts of sea-level rise or extreme weather - droughts, floods, heatwaves and storm surges. This study adds to that knowledge by identifying the impacts of long-term changes in the climate – rising temperatures and changes in precipitation patterns – on living standards. It does so by ... Read more

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  • Slow Burn

    The Hidden Costs of a Warming World

    by R. Jisung Park ...
    How the subtle but significant consequences of a hotter planet have already begun—from lower test scores to higher crime rates—and how we might tackle them todayIt’s hard not to feel anxious about the problem of climate change, especially if we think of it as an impending planetary catastrophe. In Slow Burn, R. Jisung Park encourages us to view climate change through a different lens: one that ... Read more

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  • Climate Change

    The Earth is Dying and You Can Help To Save It

    by Laura M. Dalton ...
    Is the Earth dying?Climate Change has been one of the major issues experiencing our planet today.If you are curious what is REALLY happening, and how you can contribute to stopping this dilemma, then keep reading...Animals are being extinct, water is becoming insufficient, and we can no longer predict the weather.Can we make an improvement in the ever-changing climate we have now?So many debates ... Read more

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  • Waste and Environmental Policy

    Edited by Massimiliano Mazzanti, Anna Montini ...
    Series series Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics
    This research deals with the increasingly complex issues of waste generation, waste management and waste disposal that in less developed industrialised countries present diverse but critical concerns. It takes a socio-economic and policy-oriented perspective and provides empirical evidence at EU and regional level. The EU and Italy are taken as relevant case studies given the disparities in ... Read more

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  • North

    The Future of Post-Climate America

    by Jesse M. Keenan ...
    Climate change is already influencing how and where people live. In North, Jesse M. Keenan argues that America is entering a new era marked by shifts in population that will transform everything from the physical landscape of cities to electoral politics. First, Keenan examines how human mobility is shaped by the environment and the economy. Next, he provides a conceptual and empirical overview of ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Poverty Reduction Policies and Practices in Developing Asia

    Edited by Almas Heshmati, Esfandiar Maasoumi, Guanghua Wan ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book looks at the major policy challenges facing developing Asia and how the region sustains rapid economic growth to reduce multidimensional poverty through socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable measures. Asia is facing many challenges arising from population growth, rapid urbanization, provision of services, climate change and the need to redress declining growth after the ... Read more

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  • Dimensions in Environmental and Ecological Economics

    by Sahu, Nirmal Chandra, Choudhury, Amita Kumari ...
    Environmental and ecological economics is a transdisciplinary branch of knowledge. It covers the study of the processess of simultaneity involved in the functioning of the economy and the environmental/ecological system, with a view to promoting human well-being sustainably. During the last three decades numerous difficult environmental problems of humanity have been explored and analysed which ... Read more

    $7.99 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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  • Economic Risks of Climate Change

    An American Prospectus

    by Trevor Houser, Solomon Hsiang, Robert Kopp, Kate Larsen, Michael Delgado, Amir Jina, Michael Mastrandrea, Shashank Mohan, Robert Muir-Wood, D. J. Rasmussen, James Rising, Paul Wilson ...
    Climate change threatens the economy of the United States in myriad ways, including increased flooding and storm damage, altered crop yields, lost labor productivity, higher crime, reshaped public-health patterns, and strained energy systems, among many other effects. Combining the latest climate models, state-of-the-art econometric research on human responses to climate, and cutting-edge private ... Read more

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  • Environmental Economics in Developing Countries

    Issues and Challenges

    Edited by Achiransu Acharyya ...
    The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the vulnerabilities of socio-economic systems globally and exposed the risks that natural capital degradation imposes on human health, economy, and society. This book studies the environmental challenges faced by developing economies in a post-COVID-19 world.Exploring diverse case studies from South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, the volume discusses the impact ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Engendering Climate Change

    Learnings from South Asia

    Edited by Asha Hans, Nitya Rao, Anjal Prakash, Amrita Patel ...
    This book focuses on the gendered experiences of environmental change across different geographies and social contexts in South Asia and on diverse strategies of adapting to climate variability.The book analyzes how changes in rainfall patterns, floods, droughts, heatwaves and landslides affect those who are directly dependent on the agrarian economy. It examines the socio-economic pressures, ... Read more

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  • 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