Vendeur : Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd, New Delhi, Inde
figs, tables (illustrateur). Contents Preface 1 Human population and the environment 2 Population dynamics and climate change 3 Urbanisation and climatic issues 4 Urban density and climate vulnerability 5 Impacts of climate change on human settlements 6 Climate variability and ecosystem processes 7 Energy environment and climate change 8 Human induced climate change in India 9 Climate change policy in digital age 10 Climate change and human rights Bibliography IndexPopulation issues have historically been an important focal point in the debate about global environmental change in both policy and research circles In the last 15 years climate change has risen to the top of the international environmental agenda The links between population dynamics and climate change are often ignored resulting in incomplete assessments of the causes and consequences of climate changeIncorporating population dynamics into research policymaking and advocacy around climate change is critical for understanding the trajectory of global greenhouse gas emissions and developing and implementing adaptation plans and thus to global and national efforts to curtail this threat This volume attempt to broaden and deepen understanding across a wide range of population-climate change linkages It will be of primary interest to researchers in the fields of climate change demography and economics It will also be useful to policy-makers and NGOs dealing with issues of population dynamics and climate change and to teachers and students in courses such as environmental studies demography climatology earth systems science and international relations jacket 256 pp. N° de réf. du vendeur 100043
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