Climate Change Signals and Response: A Strategic Knowledge Compendium for India

Book Overview

Section I: Regional Climate Change Signals.- 1. Land surface feedback and impacts of land use change to Indian Monsoon Rainfall.- 2. Intraseasonal short-term suppression of monsoon by aerosols.- 3. Future hydrologic scenarios in India under climate change.- 4. Links between global climate teleconnections and Indian monsoon rainfall.- 5. Urbanisation and Surface Urban Heat Island Intensity (SUHII).- 6. Future Heat Wave Projections and Impacts.- 7. Decadal GMB Estimations for Glaciers in Western Himalayas.- 8. Atmosphere and ocean mixing processes.- 9. Nearshore Sediment Transport in a Changing Climate.- Section II: National and Sub-national Responses to Climate Change.- 10. A comprehensive social vulnerability analysis at a national scale.- 11. Review of energy-economics modelling for India.- 12. Sectoral energy intensity and climate impact.- 13. Scenarios of SLCP emissions and mitigation pathways to 2050.- 14. Drivers of climate change adaptation and measurement of adaptive capacity.- 15. Carbon Mitigation Potential of Alternative Bioenergy Pathways.- 16. Cross sectional institutional linkages in climate change responses.- 17. Present day emissions and low carbon growth pathways for the brick sector.- 18. Consumer response to policy interventions in energy efficiency: Climate policy implication.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811302790
• ISBN13: 9789811302794
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 303 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"