TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gallagher,Denise M.
TI  - Implications of Climate Change in India
T2  - Asian Political, Economic and Security Issues
SN  - 9781614700739
AV  - QC903.2.I4 -- I525 2011eb 
U1  - 363.738/740954 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Hauppauge
PB  - Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated
KW  - Climatic changes -- Environmental aspects -- India
KW  - Climatic changes -- Government policy -- India
KW  - Global warming -- Government policy -- India
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- IMPLICATIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN INDIA -- IMPLICATIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN INDIA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1  INDIA: IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE TO 2030-A COMMISSIONED  RESEARCH REPORT* -- Scope Note -- Executive Summary -- Introduction and Background -- Projected Regional Climate Change -- Climate Observations -- Climate Predictions (Modeling) -- Projections of Future Temperature and Precipitation -- Seasonal Weather Patterns (Monsoons) -- Sea Level Changes -- Agricultural Growing Periods -- Climatic Events -- Impacts of Climate Change  on Natural Ecosystems -- Observed Changes -- Projected Changes: The Example of Forests -- Impacts of Climate Change on Human Systems -- Energy System -- Economic Growth and Development -- Food Production and Drinking Water Supply -- Cultural Willingness to Change -- Human Health -- Coping Capabilities in Facing Natural Disasters -- Climate Change in the Neighborhood -- Adaptive Capacity -- Methodological Description of the Vulnerability-Resilience Indicator Model (VRIM) -- Strengths/Weaknesses in Adaptive Capacity Assessments -- Conclusions: High Risk Impacts -- Agriculture -- Water -- Energy -- Exacerbation of Inequality -- Migration -- Annex A: Accuracy of Regional Models -- 11.4.2. Skill of Models in Simulating Present Climate -- South Asia -- East Asia -- Southeast Asia -- Central Asia and Tibet -- Annex B: Knowledge Gaps That Preclude  a Full Evaluation of Climate Change Impacts Affecting India and India's Adaptive Capacities -- Annex C: State/District Vulnerability  and Adaptive Capacity in India -- Results from the Vulnerability-Resilience Indicators Model (VRIM) -- Adaptive Capacity of Indian Districts -- End Notes -- Chapter 2  INDIA: THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE  TO 2030-GEOPOLITICAL IMPLICATIONS* -- Scope Note -- Executive Summary -- Introduction and Background; Social, Political and Economic Challenges -- Overall Socio-Economic Challenges -- Agricultural Challenges -- Energy Challenges -- Urban Challenges -- Civil and Key Interest Group Responses -- Interest Groups in Civil Society -- Prospects for Civil Conflict -- State Response -- State Priorities -- State Capacity -- Prospects for State Failure -- State Climate Change Mitigation Policies -- Regional Implications -- Geopolitics in South Asia -- Regional Water Issues -- Cross-Border Migration -- Prospects for Regional Conflict -- Prospects for Regional Cooperation on Climate Change Mitigation -- Overall Foreign Policy Implications -- India's Foreign Policy Stance on Climate Issues -- Indo-American Relations -- The Copenhagen Negotiations -- End Notes -- INDEX -- Blank Page
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