Urban ecology and global climate change. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Rahul Bhadouria, Shweta Upadhyay, Sachchidanand Tripathi, Pardeep Singh.
• Editors: Bhadouria, Rahul, 1982-; Upadhyay, Shweta, 1987-; Tripathi, Sachchidanand; Singh, Pardeep
• Contents: List of Contributors viii Foreword xiii; R.K. Kohli Foreword xv; P K Joshi Section 1 Urban Ecology and Global Climate Change: Introduction 1 1 Urban Ecology and Climate Change: Challenges and Mitigation Strategies 3; Rishikesh Singh, Pramit Verma, Vipin Kumar Singh, Pratap Srivastava, and Arun Kumar 2 Climate Change, Urbanisation, and Their Impact on Increased Occurrence of Cardiometabolic Syndrome 30; Saptamita P. Choudhury, Arisha Arora, Nishi Jain, and Sanjay K. Dey Section 2 Urban Landscape Design Using Emerging Techniques 57 3 An Alternative Sustainable City Framework to Tackle Climate Change Issues in India 59; Sunny Bansal, Jayprakash Chadchan, and Joy Sen 4 Integrated Water Resource Management for Future Water Security 73; Musarrat Parween 5 Water Urbanism and Multifunctional Landscapes: Case of Adyar River, Chennai and Ganga River, Varanasi, India 85; Vidhu Bansal, Sharmila Jagadisan, and Joy Sen 6 Urban Landscape Change Detection Using GIS and RS: Chattogram City Corporation, Bangladesh 104; Mohammad Ali and Gul-e-Noor T. Hasnat 7 Emerging Techniques for Urban Resource Restoration of Various Ecosystem: Bioremediation, Phytoremediation, Habitat Enhancement 121; Riddhi Shrivastava, Jabbar Khan, Govind Gupta, and Naveen K. Singh 8 Phytoremediation of Urban Air Pollutants: Current Status and Challenges 140; Anina James Section 3 Biodiversity and Natural Resource Exploitation 163 9 Tree Benefits in Urban Environment and Incidences of Tree Vandalism: A Review for Potential Solutions 165; Krishna K. Chandra, Rajesh Kumar, and Gunja Baretha 10 Environmental Status of Green Spaces in Bhaktapur District of Nepal – 2019 182; Samin Poudel, Shahnawaz Shahnawaz, and Him L. Shrestha 11 Challenges and Opportunities of Establishing Jungle Flora Nursery in Urban Settlements 204; Deepti Sharma and Sujata Sinha 12 Effect of the Changing Climate and Urban Ecology on Spreading of Infectious Diseases Including SARS-CoV-2 223; Joy K. Dey, Saiema Ahmedi, Nishi Jain, Sarika Bano, Nikhat Manzoor, and Sanjay Kumar Dey 13 Human–Wildlife Conflict in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region – An Empirical Study 250; Deepti Sharma and Prachi Sinha Section 4 Urbanization, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Climate Change 273 14 Building Knowledge on Urban Sustainability in the Czech Republic: A Self-assessment Approach 275; Svatava Janoušková and Tomáš Hák 15 A Sustainable Approach to Combat Climate Change: Case Studies from Some Urban Systems 297; Meenakshi Chaurasia, Kajal Patel, Ranjana Singh, and Kottapalli S. Rao Section 5 Climate Change and Threats to Ecological Conservation 321 16 Threats from Sea Level Rise and Erosion: A Case Study of An Estuarine Inhabited Island Ghoramara, Hooghly Estuary 323; Niloy Pramanick, Eyadul Islam, Subhasree Banerjee, Rohit Mukherjee, Arunashish Maity, Rituparna Acharyya, Abhra Chanda, Indrajit Pal, and Anirban Mukhopadhyay Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Chichester : Wiley Blackwell
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 577.56; Urban ecology (Biology); Urban ecology (Sociology); Urbanization; Overpopulation; Climatic changes
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781119807209
• Related ISBNs: 9781119807186
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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