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Climate, Land-Use Change and Hydrology of the Beas River Basin, Western Himalayas / by Seema Rani.
Springer eBooks EBA - Earth & Environmental Science Collection 2023 Available
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Seema Rani, author.
- Series:
- Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research, 1879-7199
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Climatology.
- Physical geography.
- Environmental monitoring.
- Geography.
- Climate Sciences.
- Earth System Sciences.
- Environmental Monitoring.
- Regional Geography.
- Local Subjects:
- Climate Sciences.
- Earth System Sciences.
- Environmental Monitoring.
- Geography.
- Regional Geography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (XX, 210 p. 1 illus.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2023.
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2023.
- Summary:
- There is a need of strengthening the global and local response to cope with the threat of climate change and adverse effects of rising anthropogenic activities in the mountain ecosystem. This book provides an up-to-date and comprehensive scientific and technical knowledge based on climate and land cover change impact assessment, adaptation and mitigation strategies in the Indian Himalayan watershed. The text updates the understanding scientific analysis to promote evidence-based policy formulation at regional and local levels. It can be used as reference materials with regards to climate and land cover change for those new learners interested in the mountainous region. This comprehensive book covers a wide range of potential research areas including climate change scenarios, science and its applications, adaptation to climate change-theory and assessment, water resources, agriculture, forest, biodiversity, and ecosystems, indigenous knowledge etc.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Chapter 2. Description of the Study Area
- Chapter 3. Climate Variability Assessment
- Chapter 4. Changes in Land Use/Land Cover
- Chapter 5. Climate and Land Cover Change Scenarios
- Chapter 6. Effect of Climate and Land Cover Changes on Flow Regime
- Chapter 7. Policies on Climate Change Mitigation
- Chapter 8. Summary and Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 3-031-29525-0
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