Global Environmental Changes in South Asia A Regional Perspective /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Mitra, A. P. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Sharma, C. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2010.
• Θέματα: Environment.; Climate change.; Climate Change.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.

The Fourth Assessment Report of IPCC having clinched in 2007 the evidence of global warming on account of anthropogenic activities, backed with scientific data gathered and analyzed globally, has made it mandatory world over to focus efforts on delineation of the anticipated adverse impacts of globa...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Human Dimensions of Changing Environment
• Development Pathway
• Instrumental, Terrestrial and Marine Records of the Climate of South Asia during the Holocene:
• Land Transformation and Its Consequences in South Asia
• Atmospheric Composition Change and Air Quality
• Global Warming, Changes in Hydrological Cycle and Availability of Water in South Asia
• A Review on Current Status of Flood and Drought Forecasting in South Asia
• Hydrometeorology of Floods and Droughts in South Asia – A Brief Appraisal
• The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and Stream-flows in the Greater Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) Basins – A Climate Outlook
• Changes in the Coastal and Marine Environments
• Key Vulnerabilities of Human Society in South Asia to Climate Change and Adaptation Issues and Strategies.