Gebundenes Buch

Climate Change, Resilience and Ecosystem Services

Concepts, Models and Implementation

Herausgegeben: Khanam, Zeba; Jamal, Saleha; Siddiqui, Azizur Rahman

Beschreibung

This edited volume presents updated and significant contributions to the study of climate change and ecosystem services, with a strong focus on real-world case studies from diverse geographic regions, especially across Asia. The book explores how climate change affects the ecosystem services that support human well-being and economic stability, also highlights the need for conservation, sustainable land management and policy action to mitigate these impacts. Combining traditional environmental research with the latest advancements in satellite-based Earth observation and remote sensing, the book showcases innovative methods and applications for monitoring environmental changes. It emphasizes how remote sensing technologies can be used to track land use transformation, climate-induced changes, and ecosystem responses with greater accuracy. With contributions from internationally recognized researchers, this book will be a valuable resource for scientists, academics, graduate and postgraduate students, and professionals working in the fields of remote sensing, climate science, environmental studies, and natural resource management. It offers both theoretical insights and practical tools to address the urgent challenges of climate change and its impact on ecosystems worldwide.

Autor

Dr. Zeba Khanam is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow sponsored by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) at the Centre for the Study of Regional Development (CSRD), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. Previously, she served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at Noida International University, where she was honored with the Best Researcher Award of the Year (2024). A Gold Medallist in her M.A., she was awarded the UGC Junior Research Fellowship in 2015 and completed her Ph.D. in Remote Sensing and GIS from Aligarh Muslim University. Her interdisciplinary research spans land management, micro-climate, human health, water management, and gender studies. She also contributed as a Research Assistant on a Ministry-sponsored GIS mapping project in Tamil Nadu. Dr. Khanam has published in Scopus and Web of Science journals, presented at numerous conferences, received the Best Paper Award at Delhi University (2019), and actively review for several reputed academic journals.

Produktdetails

• Sustainable Development Goals Series
• Verlag: Springer / Springer Nature Switzerland / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-031-96976-8
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: November 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm
• ISBN-13: 9783031969768
• Artikelnr.: 74304807