The Palgrave Handbook of Socio-ecological Resilience in the Face of Climate Change Contexts from a Developing Country

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.

CONTENT Front Matter Foreword Message from Prof M.V Nadkarni Preface Acknowledgement About the Contributing Authors 1. Socio-ecological Challenges and Opportunities of Resilience: An Introduction- Sunil Nautiyal, Mrinalini Goswami and YD Imran Khan 2. Community-based Disaster-reduction for Climate Resilience in Developing World-Fatima Amin, Sweta Baidya, Anil K Gupta Part I: NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIVELIHOODS 3. Climate Sensitivity, Forest Ecosystems and Regional Challenges: Exploring Opportunities to Reduce Disaster Risks in Central Himalayas - Shalini Dhyani, Deepak Dhyani, Rakesh Kadaverugu, Paras Pujari and Rakesh Kumar Maikhuri 4. Measuring Climate Change Impact on Crop Yields in Southern India: A panel Regression Approach - Rajesh Kalli and Pradyot Ranjan Jena 5. Impact of Climatic Variations on Crop Yield in Chamoli District, Uttarakhand, India. (Sunil Nautiyal, Satya Prakash, Mrinalini Goswami, A Premkumar) 6. A Comparative Assessment of Farmers Perceptions on Drought and Related Impact in Western Part of Odisha - Devi Prasanna Swain, Arunasis Goswami, Bhabesh Chandra Das, Debasis Ganguli and Madan Mohan Mahapatra 7. Indian Pastoralism amidst Changing Climate and Land Use: Evidence from Dhangar Community of Semi-arid Region of Maharashtra - Dada R. Dadas 8. Forest Fire Characterisation with Relation to Meteorology and Topography Parameters in Madhya Pradesh, India -Tapas Ray, Satyam Verma and M. L. Khan 9. Coexistence and Conflict - Case Study on Colonial Waterbirds in Southern India - Vaithianathan Kannan 10. Estimation of Rural Drinking Water Supply in India: A Contingent Valuation Method - Xavier A. Susairaj and A. Premkumar Part II: ADAPTATION – APPROACHES AND MECHANISMS 11. Assessment of Climatic Risk and Adaptation Measures in Rural India: A Case Study of Vanvasi Village, Maharashtra - Sujit Chauhan and Madhuri Pal 12. Climate Smart Agricultural Practices and Technologies in India and South Africa: Implications for Climate Change Adaption and Sustainable Livelihoods - Juliet Angom and Viswanathan PK 13. Flood Resilience of Pokkali Rice: A Study of 2018 flood in Kerala – Sweta Baidya, Parvathi Radhakrishnan and Anil Kumar Gupta 14. The role of Gharbari Model to Support Climate Smart Agriculture - Kumudini Mishra 15. Understanding the mental models that promote water sharing for agriculture through Group Micro-Irrigation models in Maharashtra, India - Upasana Koli, Arun Bhagat, Marcella D’souza 16. Water Budgeting for Sustainable Development: Micro-Level Study on Climate-Resilient Agriculture - K. Gireesan 17. Making of a Climate Smart Village: A Study on Meenangadi Gram Panchayat in Kerala (India) – Jos Chathukulam and Manasi Joseph 18. Nanominerals: A Climate Smart Tool in Livestock Feeding - Partha Sarathi Swain, SBN Rao, D. Rajendran, Sonali Prusty and George Dominic 19. Climate Change Impacts on the Higher Altitude Forests of Indian Himalayan Regions: Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Resilience and Disaster Risk Reduction - Anwesha Chakraborty and Purabi Saikia Part III: TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE IN CLIMATE RESILIENCE 20. Traditional Ecological Knowledge versus Climate Change Adaptation: A case study from the Indian Sundarbans - Sneha Biswas and Sunil Nautiyal 21. From Resilience to Vulnerability: Indigenous Agri-Food Systems of Wayanad District - V. Swaran, C.S. Chandrika and Chubamenla Jamir 22. Ethnobotanical Knowledge and Floristic Diversity of South East Indian Coastal Region - Nallakaruppan Nagaraj, Veluchamy Chandra, Sekaran Manoj, Nachiappan Kanagam, Sunil Nautiyal, Thiagarajan Kalaivani and Chandrasekaran Rajasekaran Part IV: URBAN SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE 23. Urban Green Spaces for Environmental Sustainability and Climate Resilience - Amit Kumar, Pawan Ekka, Manjari Upreti, Shilky and Purabi Saikia 24. Urban Civic Services Delivery and Climate Change Challenges: A Study of Two Indian Cities - Ramakrishna Nallathiga and Kala Seetharam Sridhar 25. Climate Change and Water Insecurity: Who Bears the Brunt? (A case of Yelenahalli Village, Bengaluru) - Aakanksha Srisha and S. Yogeshwari 26. People’s Awareness, Perceptions and Attitudes on Green Buildings: A study in Bengaluru – S. Manasi, Channamma Kambara and N. Latha 27. Decentralization in the Urban Sphere: Successes and Failures (A Note from Experience)- Kathyayini Chamaraj Part V: POLICY ISSUES AND FUTURE STRATEGIES 28. Integrating Climate Resilience in Sectoral Planning: Analysis of India’s Agriculture Disaster Management Plan – Sanayanbi Hodam, Richa Srivastava, Anil Kumar Gupta and Kirtiman Awasthi 29. Scalable Adaptation Model for Sustainable Livelihoods: A Case study from Bihar and Madhya Pradesh- Ravindra S Gavali, V. Suresh Babu, Krishna Reddy Kakumanu, Shrikant V. Mukate, Y.D. Imran Khan, Basavaraj Patil, Utkarsh Ghate and V. Srinivasa Rao 30. Delineating Health Sector Resilience in post COVID-19 Pandemic in the backdrop of changing climate and Disasters – Atisha Sood, Anjali Barwal and Anil Kumar Gupta 31. Climate Change and Environment: Holistic Approaches towards Climate Resilience - Usha Swaminathan, G B Reddy, Inocencio Jr Buot and Siva Ramamoorthy 32. Green Finance for a Greener Economy - Meenakshi Rajeev and Oisikha Chakrabarty 33. Climate Change: A Major Challenge to Biodiversity Conservation, Ecological Services, and Sustainable Development - Shilky, Subhashree Patra, Pawan Ekka, Amit Kumar, Purabi Saikia, and M.L. Khan 34. Green Social Work; A Call for Climate Action - Jose John, Rosemariya Devassy and Kiran Thampi. Part VI - Conclusions.- Chapter 35. Epilogue.

Sunil Nautiyal, Centre for Ecological Economics and Natural Resources, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Nagarabhavi, India