Climate Environment And Disaster In Developing Countries

Author : Narayan Chandra Jana,R. B. Singh
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2022-02-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9789811669668

Get Book

Climate, Environment and Disaster in Developing Countries by Narayan Chandra Jana,R. B. Singh Pdf

The world is currently experiencing changes in climate and environment that often lead to natural disasters. Nearly three million people worldwide may have been killed in the past 20 years by natural disasters. In total, 90% of the natural disasters and 95% of all disaster-related deaths occur in the developing countries. Recently such problems have accelerated due to LULC change, biodiversity degradation, increased tourism, urbanization and climate change. This book, consisting of 27 chapters, explores the topics of climate, environment and natural disasters in developing countries. It is essential to discuss these diverse issues in the field of geography as it encompasses interdisciplinary topics. The range of issues on national, regional and local dimensions is not only confined to geography but also concerned to other disciplines as well. Therefore, this book is a valuable source for scientists and researchers in allied fields such as climatology, disaster management, environmental science, hydrology, agriculture, and land use studies, among other areas. Furthermore, this book can be of immense help to the planners and decision-makers engaged in dealing with the problems of climate, environmental change and natural disasters in developing countries.

Author : Eugene N. Gurenko
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2015-02-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136535444

Get Book

Climate Change and Insurance by Eugene N. Gurenko Pdf

Climate change brings about a new set of major economic risks arising from changing weather patterns, extreme weather events and rising sea levels. Most at risk are developing countries who, despite considerable post-disaster donor aid, have been bearing the major brunt of disaster-related losses. One adaptation solution that is rapidly gaining the support of countries and international donors is a risk transfer to the global reinsurance and capital markets. This volume, a special issue of the journal Climate Policy, explores the role that insurance-based mechanisms can play in helping developing countries prepare for climate change. It offers a unique and comprehensive perspective on the potential role of insurance solutions in global adaptation to climate change and attempts to engender debate on the role of insurance in reducing global emissions and encouraging climate-friendly corporate behaviour.

Author : Shaw, Rajib
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 711 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022-10-13
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781800371613

Get Book

Handbook on Climate Change and Disasters by Shaw, Rajib Pdf

This comprehensive Handbook assesses the escalation of global natural disasters as a result of climate change. Examining the complex interplay of human and natural activities, it highlights the growing vulnerability of people and communities in developing countries to floods, landslides, cyclones, heat waves and wildfires.

Author : Juha I. Uitto,Rajib Shaw
Publisher : Springer
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-05
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9784431550785

Get Book

Sustainable Development and Disaster Risk Reduction by Juha I. Uitto,Rajib Shaw Pdf

This book focuses on exploring the linkages between natural disasters and sustainable development at the global, regional, and national levels. Disasters and development are closely related, yet the disciplinary silos prevail and there is little communication and cooperation between the disaster management, environment, and development communities. One catastrophic event, such as an earthquake, tsunami, or cyclone, can destroy infrastructure, people’s lives and livelihoods, and set back development. Similarly, slow onset disasters—often associated with global climate change—pose threats to development, livelihoods, food security, and long-term sustainable development. This book is uniquely aimed at bridging the gaps between the environmental, development, and disaster management communities. It traces the evolution of concepts and practice and highlights the linkages between natural disasters and sustainable development in key sectors, including food security, health, and water. The book includes case studies from the field highlighting the complex issues that challenge sustainable development and disaster risk management in practice. It draws policy conclusions for the global community based on state-of-the art knowledge from research and practice. The primary target groups for the book are researchers, including graduate students, in the fields of environment and sustainable development, geography, disaster risk reduction, and climate change studies. The second target group comprises practitioners and policymakers working in national and international organizations, the private sector, and civil society.

Author : Vinod Thomas
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017-01-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781412864527

Get Book

Climate Change and Natural Disasters by Vinod Thomas Pdf

The start of the new millennium will be remembered for deadly climate-related disasters—the great floods in Thailand in 2011, Super Storm Sandy in the United States in 2012, and Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines in 2013, to name a few. In 2014, 17.5 million people were displaced by climate-related disasters, ten times more than the 1.7 million displaced by geophysical hazards. What is causing the increase in natural disasters and what effect does it have on the economy? Climate Change and Natural Disasters sends three messages: human-made factors exert a growing influence on climate-related disasters; because of the link to anthropogenic factors, there is a pressing need for climate mitigation; and prevention, including climate adaptation, ought not to be viewed as a cost to economic growth but as an investment. Ultimately, attention to climate-related disasters, arguably the most tangible manifestation of global warming, may help mobilize broader climate action. It can also be instrumental in transitioning to a path of low-carbon, green growth, improving disaster resilience, improving natural resource use, and caring for the urban environment. Vinod Thomas proposes that economic growth will become sustainable only if governments, political actors, and local communities combine natural disaster prevention and controlling climate change into national growth strategies. When considering all types of capital, particularly human capital, climate action can drive economic growth, rather than hinder it.

Author : Md. Nazrul Islam,André van Amstel
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030719500

Get Book

Bangladesh II: Climate Change Impacts, Mitigation and Adaptation in Developing Countries by Md. Nazrul Islam,André van Amstel Pdf

This volume aims to develop a framework for disaster and climate risk resilient livelihood system in Bangladesh using a policy oriented approach. It highlights the possible impacts of climate change on groundwater based irrigation in the country. Climate change is one of biggest challenges to society. It can lead to serious impacts on production, life and environment on a global scale. Higher temperatures and sea level rise will cause flooding and water salinity problems which will bring about negative effects on agriculture and high risks to industry and socio-economic systems in the future. Climate change will lead to many changes in global development and security especially energy, water, food, society, job, diplomacy, culture, economy and trade. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) defines climate change as: “Any change in climate over time, whether due to natural variability or as a result of human activity.” Global climate change has emerged as a key issue in both political and economic arenas. It is an increasingly questioned phenomenon, and progressive national governments around the world have started taking action to respond to these environmental concerns.

Author : Sam Fankhauser,Thomas K.J. McDermott
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781785360312

Get Book

The Economics of Climate-Resilient Development by Sam Fankhauser,Thomas K.J. McDermott Pdf

Some climate change is now inevitable and strategies to adapt to these changes are quickly developing. The question is particularly paramount for low-income countries, which are likely to be most affected. This timely and unique book takes an integrated look at the twin challenges of climate change and development. The book treats adaptation to climate change as an issue of climate-resilient development, rather than as a bespoke set of activities (flood defences, drought plans, and so on), combining climate and development challenges into a single strategy. It asks how the standard approaches to development need to change, and what socio-economic trends and urbanisation mean for the vulnerability of developing countries to climate risks. Combining conceptual thinking with practical policy prescriptions and experience the contributors argue that, to address these questions, climate risk has to be embedded fully into wider development strategies

Author : Michael Faure,Andri Wibisana
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 523 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781781002490

Get Book

Regulating Disasters, Climate Change and Environmental Harm by Michael Faure,Andri Wibisana Pdf

This collection brings together insightful analyses of how developing countries can manage serious hazards. Natural disasters have long been threats to developing countries, but now climate change is increasing many risks and posing new challenges.

Author : Stephane Hallegatte,Mook Bangalore,Laura Bonzanigo,Marianne Fay,Tamaro Kane,Ulf Narloch,Julie Rozenberg,David Treguer,Adrien Vogt-Schilb
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781464806742

Get Book

Shock Waves by Stephane Hallegatte,Mook Bangalore,Laura Bonzanigo,Marianne Fay,Tamaro Kane,Ulf Narloch,Julie Rozenberg,David Treguer,Adrien Vogt-Schilb Pdf

Ending poverty and stabilizing climate change will be two unprecedented global achievements and two major steps toward sustainable development. But the two objectives cannot be considered in isolation: they need to be jointly tackled through an integrated strategy. This report brings together those two objectives and explores how they can more easily be achieved if considered together. It examines the potential impact of climate change and climate policies on poverty reduction. It also provides guidance on how to create a “win-win†? situation so that climate change policies contribute to poverty reduction and poverty-reduction policies contribute to climate change mitigation and resilience building. The key finding of the report is that climate change represents a significant obstacle to the sustained eradication of poverty, but future impacts on poverty are determined by policy choices: rapid, inclusive, and climate-informed development can prevent most short-term impacts whereas immediate pro-poor, emissions-reduction policies can drastically limit long-term ones.

Author : Rosemary Lyster,Robert R.M. Verchick
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781786430038

Get Book

Research Handbook on Climate Disaster Law by Rosemary Lyster,Robert R.M. Verchick Pdf

Through assessing climate disaster law in relation to international, public, private and environmental law this Research Handbook considers the unique challenges, barriers and opportunities that climate disasters pose for law and policy. Scientific and empirical evidence suggests that the laws addressing natural disasters cannot be adequately applied to disasters that are caused by climate change. Featuring contributions from leading international experts, this Research Handbook will be a useful resource for those with an interest in environmental law and international policymaking.

Author : Eugene N. Gurenko
Publisher : Earthscan
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781849775960

Get Book

Climate Change and Insurance by Eugene N. Gurenko Pdf

Climate change brings about a new set of major economic risks arising from changing weather patterns, extreme weather events and rising sea levels. Most at risk are developing countries who, despite considerable post-disaster donor aid, have been bearing the major brunt of disaster-related losses. One adaptation solution that is rapidly gaining the support of countries and international donors is a risk transfer to the global reinsurance and capital markets.This volume, a special issue of the journal Climate Policy, explores the role that insurance-based mechanisms can play in helping developing countries prepare for climate change. It offers a unique and comprehensive perspective on the potential role of insurance solutions in global adaptation to climate change and attempts to engender debate on the role of insurance in reducing global emissions and encouraging climate-friendly corporate behaviour.

Author : Karen Sudmeier-Rieux,Manuela Fernández,Ivanna M. Penna,Michel Jaboyedoff,J.C. Gaillard
Publisher : Springer
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319338804

Get Book

Identifying Emerging Issues in Disaster Risk Reduction, Migration, Climate Change and Sustainable Development by Karen Sudmeier-Rieux,Manuela Fernández,Ivanna M. Penna,Michel Jaboyedoff,J.C. Gaillard Pdf

The goal of this book is to explore disaster risk reduction (DRR), migration, climate change adaptation (CCA) and sustainable development linkages from a number of different geographical, social and natural science angles. Well-known scientists and practitioners present different perspectives regarding these inter-linkages from around the world, with theoretical discussions as well as field observations. This publication contributes in particular to the discussion on the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) 2015-2030 and the debate about how to improve DRR, including CCA, policies and practices, taking into account migration processes from a large perspective where both natural and social factors are crucial and mutually “alloyed”. Some authors see the SFDRR as a positive step forward in terms of embracing a multitude of issues, others doubting that the agreement will lead to much concrete action toward real action on the ground. This book is a timely contribution for researchers, students and policy makers in the fields of environment, human geography, migration, disaster and climate change studies who seek a more comprehensive grasp of contemporary development issues.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264209503

Get Book

Climate Resilience in Development Planning Experiences in Colombia and Ethiopia by OECD Pdf

This report discusses the current state of knowledge on how to build climate resilience in developing countries.

Author : Rajib Shaw,Juan Pulhin,Joy Pereira
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2010-12-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780857244871

Get Book

Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction by Rajib Shaw,Juan Pulhin,Joy Pereira Pdf

This is the first academic publication to highlight the linkages between Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). Key issues and challenges related to CCA-DRR synergy and interactions are highlighted throughout, mostly drawing lessons and experiences from the field practices and greatly increasing current awareness.

Author : Alcira Kreimer,Margaret Arnold,Anne Carlin
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Climatic changes
ISBN : 0821354973

Get Book

Building safer cities by Alcira Kreimer,Margaret Arnold,Anne Carlin Pdf