Socio-Economic Issues of Climate Change A Livelihood Analysis from Nepal /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Piya, Luni (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Maharjan, Keshav Lall (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Joshi, Niraj Prakash (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Θέματα: Sustainable development.; Environmental economics.; Climate change.; Sustainable Development.; Environmental Economics.; Climate Change Management and Policy.; Climate Change.

This book conducts a holistic analysis of climate change perceptions, vulnerabilities, impacts, and adaptation, based on the primary household-data collected from the Chepang community residing in the rural Mid-Hills of Nepal. Socio-economic and demographic data from the household survey is integrat...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. Climate change and rural livelihoods in developing countries
• Chapter 3. Climate change in Nepal: Policy and programs
• Chapter 4. Conceptual and analytical framework
• Chapter 5. Chepangs: The community in focus
• Chapter 6. The Study Settings
• Chapter 7. Annual subsistence cycle: Integration of farming and gathering
• Chapter 8. Sources of livelihoods: A portfolio
• Chapter 9. Climate change: Perceptions and the determinants
• Chapter 10. Community vulnerability to climate change
• Chapter 11. Livelihood impacts of climate change and extreme events
• Chapter 12. Adaptation strategies and factors influencing the adaptation choices
• Chapter 13. Conclusion.