Climate change, extreme events and disaster risk reduction : towards sustainable development goals /: towards sustainable development goals. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Suraj Mal, R.B. Singh, Christian Huggel, editors.
• Editors: Mal, Suraj; Singh, R. B; Huggel, Christian
• Contents: Introducing the Linkages between Climate Change, Extreme Events and Disaster Risk Reduction.- Analysis of weather- and climate-related disasters in mountain regions using different disaster databases.- Influence of climate change on environmental hazards and human well-being in the urban areas - Warsaw case study versus general problems.- Physiographic Influence on Rainfall Variability: A Case study of Upper Ganga Basin.- Water Deficit Estimation under Climate Change and Irrigation Conditions in the Fergana Valley, Central Asia.- Long-Term Trend of NDVI Response to Rainfall: A Geo-Spatial Approach.- Variability of Temperature and Rainfall in the Upper Beas Basin, Western Himalayas.- The Impact of Extreme Weather Events on Food Security.- Sedimentation Induced Depositional Lands of the Gumti River of Tripura and its Land Use Pattern.- Landscape Changes in the Activity of Higher Altitude Vascular Plants Species in the OB Plateau (Altai Krai, Russia).- Application of Classification and Regression Trees for Spatial Prediction of Rainfall Induced Shallow Landslides in the Uttarakhand Area (India) Using GIS.- Is Climate Change the Nemesis of Rural Development?: An Analysis of Patterns and Trends of Zimbabwean Droughts?.- Entering the new +2°C Global Warming Age and a Threat of World Ocean Expansion for Sustainable Economic Development.- Climate change and coastal mega-cities: disaster risk assessment and responses in Shanghai City.- La Niña event 2010-2011: hydroclimatic effects and socioeconomic impacts in Colombia.- The Experience of Disaster Risk Reduction and Economic Losses Reduction in Malaysia during the Water Crisis 1998 in the Context of the Next El Niño Strongest on Record Maximum 2015.- Sustainable disaster risk reduction in mountain agriculture: Agroforestry experiences in Kaule, mid-hills of Nepal.- Building Community Resilience to Flash Floods: Lessons Learnt from a case study in the Valles Urban Area, SLP, Mexico.- Quantification of Geodiversity of Sikkim (India) and its Implications for Conservation and Disaster Risk Reduction Research.- Peak Discharge Analyses for Flood Management in Lower Gandak Basin. .
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 363.73874; Environment; Climatic changes; Emergency management; Sustainable development; Economic development; Urban economics; Peace; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General; Climatic changes; Emergency management; Sustainable development; Science -- Global Warming & Climate Change; Medical -- Public Health; Social Science -- Developing Countries; Business & Economics -- Urban & Regional; Political Science -- Peace; The environment; Environmental factors; Development studies; Urban economics; Peace studies & conflict resolution; Science -- Environmental Science; Sustainability; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319564692; 3319564692; 3319564684; 9783319564685
• Related ISBNs: 9783319564685
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