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This book shares experiences and knowledge on climate change
impacts and adaptation, risk reduction strategies, communities’
responses, and best practices from different landscapes of India.
It provides insights into climate change risk reduction in
trans-disciplinary frameworks. The findings and discussions put
forward in the chapters, largely based on micro-level case studies,
provide an in-depth understanding of interactions among ecology,
society, and economy under different conditions of changing
climate. It contains critical discussion on both existing and
required actions as adjustments to climate change impacts by
different actors at diverse scales and contexts. The
recommendations will be beneficial in climate change adaptation
planning for India and other developing countries, where a large
portion of the population directly depends on climate-sensitive
sectors. The content of the book is interdisciplinary and it will
be beneficial for scholars and practitioners from natural science,
social science, policy, and governance across the continents.
This study presents authentic data compiled from field experiments
and investigations, and provides a point of reference for any
future changes associated with anthropogenic activity in semiarid
ecosystems. Three years of continuous and rigorous empirical
research on biodiversity (from phytoplankton to higher plants and
from zooplankton to higher animals - all flora and fauna) in
India's semiarid region have culminated in this work. Though there
are many studies available on issues related to biodiversity, the
majority cover either specific groups of plants or groups of
animals; with the exception of this book, studies that include all
flora and fauna including the phyto- and zooplanktons in a given
ecosystem are not readily available. Further, the book focuses on
an extremely important topic, firstly because semiarid landscapes
are highly vulnerable to climate change, and secondly because other
developmental activities will be undertaken in the region in an
effort to meet its energy requirements. As such, the results of the
current study will provide a standard protocol for subsequent
monitoring and mapping of biodiversity for conservation and
management. The book explores, quantifies and surveys plant and
animal species from aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, assessing
and quantitatively analyzing the diversity indices of different
vegetation strata. Further, it investigates the conservation status
of each species (flora and fauna) in keeping with IUCN categories.
The study also examines landscape dynamics using RS and GIS for
vegetation analysis, and discusses traditional ecological knowledge
related to the use, conservation and management of biodiversity. As
such, it offers a unique and valuable resource not only for
researchers from the environmental/ecological sciences but also for
conservationists and policymakers.
This book presents the outcomes of the 2017 national workshop and
international conference organized by CEENR of ISEC, Bengaluru and
Assam University Silchar. Addressing the threats to biodiversity
and sustainable development resulting from the impacts of human
induced pressures on ecosystems and global-warming-driven climate
change is a major challenge. It requires increased knowledge and an
enhanced information base in order to devise local policies to
improve the adaptive capacity of vulnerable socio-ecological
systems in developing countries. In this context, the book presents
research that has the potential to benefit the environment and
empower communities. It appeals to researchers investigating
diverse aspects of socio-ecological-biological systems to create
strategies for resource use, conservation and management to ensure
sustainability.
Climate change is broadly recognized as a key environmental issue
affecting social and ecological systems worldwide. At the Cancun
summit of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change's 16th Conference, the parties jointly agreed that the
vulnerable groups particularly in developing countries and whose
livelihood is based on land use practices are the most common
victims as in most cases their activities are shaped by the
climate. Therefore, solving the climate dilemma through mitigation
processes and scientific research is an ethical concern. Thus
combining the knowledge systems of the societies and scientific
evidences can greatly assist in the creation of coping mechanisms
for sustainable development in a situation of changing climate.
International Humboldt Kolleg focusing on "knowledge systems of
societies and Climate Change" was organized at ISEC. This event was
of unique importance, as the year 2011-12 was celebrated as the
60th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between India and Germany
with the motto "Germany and India - Infinite Opportunities." This
volume is the outcome of the papers presented during the IHK 2011
at ISEC, India.
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 Economics and Natural Resources (CEENR),
Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) and the Centre for
Environmental Systems Research (CESR), University of Kassel,
Germany; and the international conference "Climate Change and Food
Security - the Global and Indian Contexts," jointly hosted by the
CEENR, ISEC and the School of Geosciences, University of Sydney, on
18-19 February 2015. The selected papers presented in this book
portray a broad range of international research efforts aimed at
developing a deeper understanding of human-environment systems but
also at translating scientific knowledge into political and
societal solutions and responses to the challenge of climate
change.
This book has been produced as a part of the project
'Social-Ecological Systems at the Indian Rural-Urban Interface:
Functions, Scales, and Dynamics of Transition'. It addresses
transition processes in agriculture and society triggered by
urbanization, focusing on Bengaluru as an example of a rapidly
growing megacity in India. Adopting a holistic, multidisciplinary
approach embedded within a social-ecological systems research
framework, it explores how the physical and socio-economic
landscapes have led to changes in economic priorities, which have
overpowered ecological and traditional priorities with regard to
ecosystem governance. Allowing readers to gain a deeper
understanding of this unexplored dimension of socio-ecological
systems, this book is a valuable resource for international
researchers, scholars and master's students in the field of
environmental science, socio-ecology, forestry and agriculture.
Climate change is broadly recognized as a key environmental issue
affecting social and ecological systems worldwide. At the Cancun
summit of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change's 16th Conference, the parties jointly agreed that the
vulnerable groups particularly in developing countries and whose
livelihood is based on land use practices are the most common
victims as in most cases their activities are shaped by the
climate. Therefore, solving the climate dilemma through mitigation
processes and scientific research is an ethical concern. Thus
combining the knowledge systems of the societies and scientific
evidences can greatly assist in the creation of coping mechanisms
for sustainable development in a situation of changing climate.
International Humboldt Kolleg focusing on "knowledge systems of
societies and Climate Change" was organized at ISEC. This event was
of unique importance, as the year 2011-12 was celebrated as the
60th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between India and Germany
with the motto "Germany and India - Infinite Opportunities." This
volume is the outcome of the papers presented during the IHK 2011
at ISEC, India.
This book has been produced as a part of the project
'Social-Ecological Systems at the Indian Rural-Urban Interface:
Functions, Scales, and Dynamics of Transition'. It addresses
transition processes in agriculture and society triggered by
urbanization, focusing on Bengaluru as an example of a rapidly
growing megacity in India. Adopting a holistic, multidisciplinary
approach embedded within a social-ecological systems research
framework, it explores how the physical and socio-economic
landscapes have led to changes in economic priorities, which have
overpowered ecological and traditional priorities with regard to
ecosystem governance. Allowing readers to gain a deeper
understanding of this unexplored dimension of socio-ecological
systems, this book is a valuable resource for international
researchers, scholars and master's students in the field of
environmental science, socio-ecology, forestry and agriculture.
This book presents the outcomes of the 2017 national workshop and
international conference organized by CEENR of ISEC, Bengaluru and
Assam University Silchar. Addressing the threats to biodiversity
and sustainable development resulting from the impacts of human
induced pressures on ecosystems and global-warming-driven climate
change is a major challenge. It requires increased knowledge and an
enhanced information base in order to devise local policies to
improve the adaptive capacity of vulnerable socio-ecological
systems in developing countries. In this context, the book presents
research that has the potential to benefit the environment and
empower communities. It appeals to researchers investigating
diverse aspects of socio-ecological-biological systems to create
strategies for resource use, conservation and management to ensure
sustainability.
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 Economics and Natural Resources (CEENR),
Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) and the Centre for
Environmental Systems Research (CESR), University of Kassel,
Germany; and the international conference "Climate Change and Food
Security - the Global and Indian Contexts," jointly hosted by the
CEENR, ISEC and the School of Geosciences, University of Sydney, on
18-19 February 2015. The selected papers presented in this book
portray a broad range of international research efforts aimed at
developing a deeper understanding of human-environment systems but
also at translating scientific knowledge into political and
societal solutions and responses to the challenge of climate
change.
This study presents authentic data compiled from field experiments
and investigations, and provides a point of reference for any
future changes associated with anthropogenic activity in semiarid
ecosystems. Three years of continuous and rigorous empirical
research on biodiversity (from phytoplankton to higher plants and
from zooplankton to higher animals – all flora and fauna) in
India’s semiarid region have culminated in this work. Though
there are many studies available on issues related to biodiversity,
the majority cover either specific groups of plants or groups of
animals; with the exception of this book, studies that include all
flora and fauna including the phyto- and zooplanktons in a given
ecosystem are not readily available. Further, the book focuses on
an extremely important topic, firstly because semiarid landscapes
are highly vulnerable to climate change, and secondly because other
developmental activities will be undertaken in the region in an
effort to meet its energy requirements. As such, the results of the
current study will provide a standard protocol for subsequent
monitoring and mapping of biodiversity for conservation and
management. The book explores, quantifies and surveys plant and
animal species from aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, assessing
and quantitatively analyzing the diversity indices of different
vegetation strata. Further, it investigates the conservation status
of each species (flora and fauna) in keeping with IUCN categories.
The study also examines landscape dynamics using RS and GIS for
vegetation analysis, and discusses traditional ecological knowledge
related to the use, conservation and management of biodiversity. As
such, it offers a unique and valuable resource not only for
researchers from the environmental/ecological sciences but also for
conservationists and policymakers.
Human effects on ecosystems are a big concern all over the world
and it is particularly important to understand human influences on
the rural and peri- urban landscape which are getting transformed
because of the process of rapid urbanization. The current study was
undertaken to understand the change process in peri-urban and rural
landscapes and analyzed the various driving forces that are leading
such changes in land use and land cover. The theoretical approach
developed here is based on standard driving forces which influence
the farmer's decision and behaviour. In the process of
urbanization, the main driving forces which influence farmers'
decision are market forces, socio-economic and cultural changes,
policies and national economy. These are widely accepted from a
global to a local scale. However, knowledge on micro level
perspective of urbanization and its impact on socio-economic and
ecological development of rural and peri-urban landscapes, and long
term implications within the context of sustainable development is
limited in Indian context.
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